Chrysochloa

Chrysochloa
Chrysochloa annua (now Chrysochloa subaequigluma)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:	Eleusininae
Genus:	Chrysochloa Swallen [1]
Type species
Bracteola lucida (syn of Chrysochloa subaequigluma) Swallen [2] [3]
Synonyms [4]
BracteolaSwallen 1933, not a valid name because it coincides with a technical term [5]

Chrysochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family Poaceae. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Species ^{[4] [9]}

• Chrysochloa orientalis (C.E.Hubb.) Swallen – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda
• Chrysochloa subaequigluma (Rendle) Swallen – tropical Africa from Senegal to Malawi

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

References

1. "genus Chrysochloa". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
2. Tropicos, Chrysochloa Swallen
3. International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) see §7.3
4. "Chrysochloa Swallen". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
5. International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) see §20.2
6. Swallen, Jason Richard. 1941. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 54: 44
7. Swallen, Jason Richard 1933. American Journal of Botany 20: 118
8. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
9. Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557.