Pseudodanthonia

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Pseudodanthonia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Tribe: Duthieeae
Genus: Pseudodanthonia
Bor & C.E.Hubb.
Species:
P. himalaica
Binomial name
Pseudodanthonia himalaica
(Hook.f.) Bor & C.E.Hubb.
Synonyms [1]
  • Danthonia himalaicaHook.f.

Pseudodanthonia is a genus of Himalayan plants in the grass family. [2] [3] [4] [5] The only known species is Pseudodanthonia himalaica, native to Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in northern India [1] [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Bor, N. L.; Hubbard, C. E. (1957). "Notes on Asiatic Grasses: XXXI. A New Genus of Grasses". Kew Bulletin. 12 (3): 425–427. Bibcode:1957KewBu..12..425B. doi:10.2307/4113716. JSTOR   4113716.
  3. Bor, N. L. 1960. Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford
  4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1992 onwards. The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references. Version: 12 August 2014 description in English
  6. The Plant List Pseudodanthonia himalaica (Hook.f.) Bor & C.E.Hubb.
  7. Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarakhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668