Poecilostachys

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Poecilostachys
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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: Boivinellinae
Genus: Poecilostachys
Hack.
Type species
Poecilostachys hildebrandtii
Synonyms [1]
  • ChloachneStapf

Poecilostachys is a genus of African plants in the grass family, several of the species found only in Madagascar. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Species [1] [6]
formerly included [1]

see Oplismenus

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Hackel, Eduard. 1884. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe, Abteilung 1 89: 131
  3. ↑ Humbert, H. 1955. Une merveille de la nature à Madagascar. Première exploration botanique du Massif du Marojejy et de ses satellites. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Série B, Biologie Végétale 6: 1–272.
  4. ↑ Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557.
  5. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Poecilostachys


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