Elionurus

Elionurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Elionurus
Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. not Kunth 1816
Type species
Elionurus tripsacoides
Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Synonyms[1]

Elionurus is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and Neotropical plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5][6]

Species[1][7]
  1. Elionurus barbiculmis - Mexico, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico
  2. Elionurus bilinguis - Brazil
  3. Elionurus ciliaris - Latin America (from Mexico to Paraguay); West Africa
  4. Elionurus citreus - Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  5. Elionurus elegans - West Africa
  6. Elionurus euchaetus - Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
  7. Elionurus hensii - Congo Rep, Zaire, Angola
  8. Elionurus hirtifolius - western + central Africa
  9. Elionurus lividus - Paraguay
  10. Elionurus muticus - Africa, Yemen, South America
  11. Elionurus planifolius - South America
  12. Elionurus platypus - western + central Africa
  13. Elionurus royleanus - Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Sahara, East Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Pakistan, India
  14. Elionurus tripsacoides - Latin America (from Mexico to Paraguay); eastern + southern Africa
  15. Elionurus tristis - Madagascar
formerly included[1]

see Bothriochloa Lasiurus Loxodera Phacelurus Schizachyrium Urelytrum

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von 1806. Caroli a Linné Species plantarum :exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Editio quarta 4(2): 941-942 in Latin; pages misnumbered as 741 and 742
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ↑ Renvoize, S. A. 1978. Studies in Elionurus (Gramineae). Kew Bulletin 32(3): 665–672
  5. ↑ Pohl, R. W. & G. Davidse. 1994. 167. Elyonurus Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd. 6: 395–396. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F..
  6. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia, Elionurus Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Balsamscale
  7. ↑ The Plant List search for Elionurus
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