Dissochondrus

Dissochondrus, or false bristlegrass, is a genus of Hawaiian plants in the grass family.[1][4][5][6] The only known species is Dissochondrus biflorus.[3]

Dissochondrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Genus:
Dissochondrus

(Hillebr.) Kuntze
Species:
D. biflorus
Binomial name
Dissochondrus biflorus
(Hildebr.) Kuntze
Type species
Setaria biflora
Hildebr.[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Setaria subg. Dissochondrus Hillebr.
  • Setaria biflora Hildebr.
  • Setaria bifida Kuntze, misspelling of S. biflora
  • Dissochondrus bifidus Kuntze, based on misspelled basionym S. bifida

References
  1. Kuntze, Carl Ernst Otto 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 770 in German
  2. International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) see ยง7.3
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Hillebrand, Wilhelm B. 1888. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands 503
  5. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. Clayton, W.D. & Snow, N. (2010). A key to Pacific Grasses: 1-107. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew


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