Ochthochloa

Ochthochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Ochthochloa
Edgew.
Species: O. compressa
Binomial name
Ochthochloa compressa
(Forssk.) Hilu
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Ochthocloa Edgew., alternate spelling
  • Panicum compressum Forssk.
  • Eleusine compressa (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf. ex C.Chr.
  • Cynosurus ternatus Forssk.
  • Eleusine stolonifera R.Br.
  • Eleusine flagellifera Nees
  • Ochthochloa dactyloides Edgew.
  • Eleusine caespitosa A.Rich.
  • Eleusine arabica Hochst. ex Steud.

Ochthochloa is a genus of desert plants in the grass family native to the Sahara and Arabian Deserts.[3][4][5] The only known species is Ochthochloa compressa, whose native range extends from Algeria to Uttarakhand.[1][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ The International Plant Names Index
  3. ↑ Edgeworth, Michael Pakenham 1842. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11: 26–27
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Ochthochloa Edgew.
  5. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Ochthochloa
  7. ↑ Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  8. ↑ Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  9. ↑ Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  10. ↑ Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  11. ↑ Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  12. ↑ Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  13. ↑ Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  14. ↑ Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the United Arab Emirates: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  15. ↑ Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo. Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  16. ↑ Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  17. ↑ Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.


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