Tricholaena

Tricholaena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Tricholaena
Schrad.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Melinis sect. Tricholaena (Schrad.) Hack.
  • Panicum sect. Tricholaena (Schrad.) Steud.
  • Xyochlaena Stapf
  • Eremochlamys Peter

Tricholaena is a genus of Asian, African, and Italian plants in the grass family.[3][1][4][5]

Species[2][6]
  1. Tricholaena capensis (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Nees - Free State, Namibia, Cape Province
  2. Tricholaena monachne (Trin.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - drier parts of Africa from Kenya to Cape Province; also Ghana, Togo, Madagascar, Réunion, Pakistan
  3. Tricholaena teneriffae (L.f.) Link - drier parts of Africa from Morocco to Egypt to Tanzania; Canary Islands; Cape Verde, Arabian Peninsula, Middle East, India, Pakistan, Calabria, Sicily[7]
  4. Tricholaena vestita (Balf.f.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - Socotra
formerly included[2]

see Brachiaria Digitaria Eriachne Melinis Miscanthus Paspalum Saccharum

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Tricholaena Schrad.
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Schrader, Heinrich Adolph. 1824. Mantissa 2: 8, 163-165 in Latin
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ Flora of Pakistan, Tricholaena Schrad. in Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 2. Mant.: 163. 1824.
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Tricholaena
  7. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Panico di Tenerife, Tricholaena teneriffae (L.f.) Link


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