Biology:Acostia

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Acostia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Paspaleae
Subtribe: Paspalinae
Genus: Acostia
Swallen
Species:
A. gracilis
Binomial name
Acostia gracilis
Swallen
Synonyms[1]
  • Panicum acostia R.D.Webster

Acostia is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]

The only known species is Acostia gracilis, found only in Ecuador.[1][6] It is listed as an endangered species.[7]

The genus name of Acostia is in honour of Misael Acosta Solís (1910–1994), an Ecuadorian naturalist.[8] The Latin specific epithet of gracilis means "slender".[9] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. Vol.12 on page 109 in 1968.[6]

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