Megalachne

Megalachne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Megalachne
Steud.
Type species
Megalachne berteroniana
Steud.
Synonyms[1]

Pantathera Phil.

Megalachne is a genus of Chilean plants in the grass family, found only on the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Chile.[2][3][4][5]

Species[6]
  1. Megalachne berteroniana Steud.
  2. Megalachne masafuerana (Pilg.) Matthei
formerly included[1]

see Eriachne

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 17, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.