Gilgiochloa

Gilgiochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Gilgiochloa
Pilg.
Binomial name
Gilgiochloa indurata
Pilg.
Synonyms[1]

Gilgiochloa alopecuroides Peter

Gilgiochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[2][3]

The genus is named after German botanist Ernest Friedrich Gilg (18671933) by Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger.

The only known species is Gilgiochloa indurata, native to Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia.[1][4][5][6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1914. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 51(3–4): 415-418 descriptions in Latin, commentary and figure captions in German, full-page drawing of Gilgiochloa indurata on page 417
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
  5. Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  6. Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  7. Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique , n.s., 132: 1-127.
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