Pseudechinolaena

Pseudechinolaena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Pseudechinolaena
(Hook.f.) Stapf
Type species
Panicum uncinatum
Raddi
Synonyms[1]

Pseudechinolaena is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family, all but one species endemic to Madagascar.[3][4][5][6]

Species[2][7]
  1. Pseudechinolaena camusiana Bosser - Madagascar
  2. Pseudechinolaena madagascariensis (A.Camus) Bosser - Madagascar
  3. Pseudechinolaena moratii Bosser - Madagascar
  4. Pseudechinolaena perrieri A.Camus - Madagascar
  5. Pseudechinolaena polystachya (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Stapf - tropical - southern Africa, Asia (China, Indian Subcontinent, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia), New Guinea, Latin America (from central Mexico to Uruguay)
  6. Pseudechinolaena tenuis Bosser - Madagascar
formerly included[2]

see Echinochloa


References

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