Hackelochloa
| Hackelochloa | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Hackelochloa sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Hackelochloa Kuntze |
| Type species | |
| Hackelochloa granularis (L.) Kuntze | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Rytilix Raf. ex Hitchc. | |
Hackelochloa is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.[2][3]
The genus was named after Eduard Hackel, an Austrian botanist, by Otto Kuntze, in 1891.[4]
- Hackelochloa granularis (L.) Kuntze - sub-Saharan Africa; southern Asia from Yemen to Japan to Indonesia; Papuasia, Micronesia; naturalized in Western Hemisphere from Maryland to Paraguay
- Hackelochloa porifera (Hack.) D. Rhind. - Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar, Vietnam
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 646 球穗草属 qiu sui cao shu Hackelochloa Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 776. 1891.
- ↑ Kuntze, Carl Ernst Otto 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 776 in German
- ↑ The Plant List search for Hackelochloa
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