Megastachya

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Megastachya
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Centotheceae
Genus: Megastachya
P.Beauv.
Type species
Megastachya owariensis [1] [2]
(syn of M. mucronata) [3]
Synonyms [4]
  • Magastachya P.Beauv. , alternate spelling
  • Eragrostis unranked Megastachya(P. Beauv.) Nees
  • Eragrostis sect. Megastachya(P. Beauv.) Benth.
  • Eragrostis ser. Megastachyae(P. Beauv.) Benth. & Hook.f.
  • Eragrostis subsect. Megastachya(P. Beauv.) Benth.

Megastachya is a genus of African plants in the grass family. [5] [6] [7]

Species [8] [3]
Formerly included [8]

numerous species once regarded as part of Megastachya but now considered better suited to other genera: Catapodium Desmostachya Distichlis Enteropogon Eragrostis Glyceria Halopyrum Leptochloa Poa

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References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Niles & Chase Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 182. 1925
  2. ↑ The International Plant Names Index
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 1 2 Tropicos, Megastachya P. Beauv.
  5. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 74, 167 in Latin
  6. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure V (5 a-c) line drawings of Megastachya owariensis (identified on caption page 11), (syn of Megastachya mucronata)
  7. ↑ "RBG Kew: GrassBase - Megastachya Description". www.kew.org. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
  8. 1 2 The Plant List search for Megastachya Archived 2020-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
  10. ↑ Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420