Polytoca

Polytoca
Polytoca cyathopoda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Andropogonodae
Tribe:	Andropogoneae
Subtribe:	Chionachninae
Genus:	Polytoca R.Br.
Synonyms [1]
ChionachneR.Br. CyathorhachisNees ex Steud. SclerachneR.Br.

Polytoca is a genus of Indomalayan and Australasian plants in the grass family. ^{[2] [3] [4] [1]}

Species

11 species are accepted. ^[1]

• Polytoca biaurita (Hack.) Mabb. – Philippines (Luzon)
• Polytoca cyathopoda (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey – New Guinea and northern Australia
• Polytoca digitata (L.f.) Druce – southern China, eastern Himalayas, Andaman Islands, Indochina, Philippines, Java, and New Guinea
• Polytoca gigantea (J.Koenig) Mabb. – Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, and Java
• Polytoca hubbardiana (Henrard) Mabb. – eastern Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, and northern Australia
• Polytoca javanica Henrard – eastern Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands
• Polytoca macrophylla Benth. – Maluku and Papuasia
• Polytoca massiei (Balansa) Schenck ex Henrard – Indochina and Hainan
• Polytoca punctata (R.Br.) Hook.f. – Indochina, Philippines, Java, and the Lesser Sunda Islands
• Polytoca semiteres Benth. ex Hook.f. – western and southern India and Myanmar
• Polytoca wallichiana (Nees ex Steud.) Benth. – eastern Himalayas, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam

Formerly included

See Cleistochloa and Trilobachne ^[5]

• Cleistochloa sclerachne (F.M.Bailey) C.E.Hubb. (as Polytoca sclerachne(F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey)
• Trilobachne cookei (Stapf) Schenck ex Henrard (as Polytoca cookeiStapf)

References

1. "Polytoca R.Br". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 28 May 2025.
2. Brown, Robert. 1838. Plantae Javanicae Rariores 20
3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 650 多裔草属 duo yi cao shu Polytoca R. Brown
5. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families