Biology:Polytrias
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Short description: Genus of plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Saccharinae |
| Genus: | Polytrias Hack. |
| Species: | P. indica
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| Binomial name | |
| Polytrias indica (Houtt.) Veldkamp
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Polytrias is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family, commonly called Java grass, Batiki bluegrass, Indian murainagrass, or toto grass.[4][3] The only known species is Polytrias indica, native to West Africa (from Senegal to Cameroon), Seychelles, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China , Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Fiji, and Micronesia. It is also cultivated as a lawn grass in other tropical regions, and naturalized in scattered locations in tropical North and South America.[1][2][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 592 单序草属 dan xu cao shu Polytrias Hackel in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(2): 24. 1887.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tropicos, Polytrias Hack.
- ↑ Hackel, Eduard 1887. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 2(2): 24. in German
- ↑ Bor, N. L. 1960. Grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford
External links
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