Biology:Scrotochloa

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Scrotochloa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pharoideae
Tribe: Phareae
Genus: Scrotochloa
Judz.
Type species
Scrotochloa urceolata
(Roxb.) Judz.

Scrotochloa is a genus of Asian, Australia n, and Papuasian plants in the grass family.[1][2][3][4]

The genus is closely related to Leptaspis and included inside that group by some authors.[5]

Species[6]
  • Scrotochloa tararaensis (Jansen) Judz. - New Guinea, Queensland
  • Scrotochloa urceolata (Roxb.) Judz. - New Guinea, Queensland, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Philippines , Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, India , Sri Lanka

References

  1. Judziewicz, Emmet Joseph. 1984. Phytologia 56(4): 299-304 in English with Latin generic description; photo of specimen of Scrotochloa urceolata on page 304
  2. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  3. Atlas of Living Australia, Scrotochloa Judz.
  4. Soderstrom, T. R., R. P. Ellis & E. J. Judziewicz. 1987. The Phareae and Streptogyneae (Poaceae) of Sri Lanka: a morphological-anatomical study. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 65: 1–27.
  5. The Plant List search for Scrotochloa
  6. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Wikidata ☰ Q2159078 entry