Coelorachis

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Coelorachis
Coelorachis cylindrica.jpg
Coelorachis cylindrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Genus:
Coelorachis

Type species
Coelorachis muricata
(Retz.) Brongn. [1] [2]
Synonyms [2]
  • Rottboellia subg. Coelorhachis(Brongn.) Hack.

Coelorachis is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. [3] [4]

Taxonomy

The genus Coelorachis was erected by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart in 1831. [5] Two misspellings (orthographic variants) have created some confusion. In 1882, Ferdinand von Mueller used the spelling Coelorrhacis. [6] In 1836, Stephan Endlicher used the spelling Coelorhachis. [7]

As of September 2025, sources varied in their treatment of the genus. Some treated it as a synonym of the genus Mnesithea . [8] [9] Others, like the World Flora Online, treated it as a synonym of the genus Rottboellia . [10] Plants of the World Online treated it as a synonym of the genus Eremochloa . [11]

Species [12] [13] [14]
formerly included [12]

see Eremochloa Hemarthria Lasiurus Mnesithea Phacelurus Rhytachne Rottboellia

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Koning & Sosef, Blumea 31: 293 (1986)
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Coelorachis Brongn.
  3. ↑ Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore. 1831. Voyage Autour du Monde 2(2): 64, f. 14
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ "Coelorhachis Brongn." International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens . Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  6. ↑ "Coelorrhachis F.Muell". APNI. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  7. ↑ "Coelorhachis Endl". APNI. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  8. ↑ "Mnesithea Kunth". APNI. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  9. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 642 毛俭草属 mao jian cao shu Mnesithea Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 153. 1829.
  10. ↑ "Rottboellia L.f." World Flora Online . Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  11. ↑ "Coelorachis Brongn." Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  12. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  13. ↑ The Plant List search for Coelorachis
  14. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps


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