Biology:Tricholaena

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Tricholaena
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Melinidinae
Genus: Tricholaena
Schrad.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Melinis sect. Tricholaena (Schrad.) Hack.
  • Panicum sect. Tricholaena (Schrad.) Steud.
  • Eremochlamys Peter
  • Xyochlaena Stapf

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

Species[2][6]
  • Tricholaena capensis (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Nees - Free State, Namibia, Cape Province
  • Tricholaena monachne (Trin.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - drier parts of Africa from Kenya to Cape Province; also Ghana, Togo, Madagascar , Réunion, Pakistan
  • 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]
  • Tricholaena vestita (Balf.f.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - Socotra
formerly included[2]

see Brachiaria Digitaria Eriachne Melinis Miscanthus Paspalum Saccharum


References

Wikidata ☰ Q2046644 entry