Biology:Coelorachis
Coelorachis is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas.[1][2] As of September 2025[update], its taxonomic status is confused.
Taxonomy
The genus Coelorachis was erected by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart in 1831.[3] Two misspellings (orthographic variants) have created some confusion. In 1836, Stephan Endlicher used the spelling Coelorhachis.[4] In 1882, Ferdinand von Mueller used the spelling Coelorrhacis.[5]
As of September 2025[update], sources varied in their treatment of the genus. Some treated it as a synonym of the genus Mnesithea.[6][7] Others, like the World Flora Online, treated it as a synonym of the genus Rottboellia.[8] Plants of the World Online treated it as a synonym of the genus Eremochloa.[9]
- Coelorachis afraurita (Stapf) Stapf - tropical Africa
- Coelorachis aurita (Steud.) A.Camus - tropical America from Chiapas + Trinidad to Paraguay
- Coelorachis balansae (Hack.) A.Camus - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay
- Coelorachis cancellata (Ridl.) Bor - Bangka, Pen Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
- Coelorachis capensis Stapf - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
- Coelorachis clarkei (Hack.) Blatt. & McCann - India, Myanmar
- Coelorachis cylindrica (Michx.) Nash - southeastern + south-central USA
- Coelorachis geminata (Hack.) Clayton - Pen Malaysia, Thailand, Kalimantan
- Coelorachis glandulosa (Trin.) Stapf ex Ridl. - Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Coelorachis helferi (Hook.f.) Henrard - Pen Malaysia, Indochina
- Coelorachis impressa (Griseb.) Nash - Cuba
- Coelorachis khasiana (Hack.) Stapf ex Bor - Yunnan, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar
- Coelorachis lepidura Stapf - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
- Coelorachis parodiana Henrard - Paraguay, Argentina
- Coelorachis ramosa (E.Fourn.) Nash - tropical America from Veracruz to southern Brazil
- Coelorachis rottboellioides (R.Br.) A.Camus - Australia, New Guinea, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands
- Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash - Cuba; USA from Texas to New Jersey
- Coelorachis selloana (Hack.) A.Camus - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay
- Coelorachis striata (Steud.) A.Camus - Yunnan, Indochina, eastern Himalayas
- Coelorachis tessellata (Steud.) Nash - USA (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi)
- Coelorachis tuberculosa (Nash) Nash - Cuba; USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
- formerly included[10]
see Eremochloa Hemarthria Lasiurus Mnesithea Phacelurus Rhytachne Rottboellia
- Coelorachis fasciculata - Phacelurus huillensis
- Coelorachis forsteriana - Rottboellia coelorachis
- Coelorachis hirsuta - Lasiurus scindicus
- Coelorachis laevispica - Rottboellia laevispica
- Coelorachis loricata - Rhytachne rottboellioides
- Coelorachis mollicoma - Mnesithea mollicoma
- Coelorachis muricata - Eremochloa muricata
- Coelorachis pratensis - Hemarthria pratensis
- Coelorachis undulatifolia - Phacelurus huillensis
References
- ↑ Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore. 1831. Voyage Autour du Monde 2(2): 64, f. 14
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ "Coelorhachis Brongn..". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/17777-1.
- ↑ "Coelorhachis Endl.". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/73040.
- ↑ "Coelorrhachis F.Muell.". https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/3734267.
- ↑ "Mnesithea Kunth". https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/56210.
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 642 毛俭草属 mao jian cao shu Mnesithea Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 153. 1829.
- ↑ "Rottboellia L.f.". http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000008838.
- ↑ "Coelorachis Brongn.." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/17777-1.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ The Plant List search for Coelorachis
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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