Eccoptocarpha

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Eccoptocarpha
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Melinidinae
Genus: Eccoptocarpha
Launert
Species:
E. obconiciventris
Binomial name
Eccoptocarpha obconiciventris

Eccoptocarpha is a genus of African plants in the grass family. [1] [2] The only known species is Eccoptocarpha obconiciventris, native to Tanzania and Zambia. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. Launert, Georg Oskar Edmund. 1965. Eccoptocarpha, a new genus from Zambia (Gramineae, Panicoideae, Paniceae, Panicinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 46(2): 123–128
  2. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  5. Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.