Acroceras
| Acroceras | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Acroceras Stapf |
| Type species | |
| Acroceras oryzoides (syn of A. zizanioides)[1] Stapf | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Acroceras is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]
The genus is widespread across warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with a high amount of diversity in Madagascar.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
- Species[1]
- Acroceras amplectens
- Acroceras attenuatum
- Acroceras boivinii
- Acroceras bosseri
- Acroceras calcicola
- Acroceras chaseae
- Acroceras diffusum
- Acroceras elegans
- Acroceras excavatum
- Acroceras fluminense
- Acroceras gabunense
- Acroceras hubbardii
- Acroceras ivohibense
- Acroceras lateriticum
- Acroceras macrum
- Acroceras mandrarense
- Acroceras manongarivense
- Acroceras munroanum
- Acroceras parvulum
- Acroceras paucispicata
- Acroceras sambiranense
- Acroceras seyrigii
- Acroceras tenuicaule
- Acroceras tonkinense
- Acroceras zizanioides
- formerly included[1]
see Brachiaria Panicum
- Acroceras paucispicatum - Brachiaria paucispicata
- Acroceras pilgerianum - Panicum pilgerianum
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Stapf, Otto. 1920. Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 621
- ↑ Tropicos, Acroceras Stapf
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ Camus, A. 1946. Lepturus, Acroceras et Brachiaria nouveaux de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 93: 86–89
- ↑ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ↑ http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=100342
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 514 凤头黍属 feng tou shu shu Acroceras Stapf
- ↑ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
- ↑ Clayton, W. D. & S. A. Renvoize. 1982. Gramineae (Part 3). 451–898. In R. M. Polhill (ed.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam
- ↑ Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557.
- ↑ Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta
- ↑ Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
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