Triscenia

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Triscenia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Paspaleae
Subtribe: Arthropogoninae
Genus: Triscenia
Griseb.
Species:
T. ovina
Binomial name
Triscenia ovina
Synonyms [1]
  • Panicum nudiculmeMez

Triscenia is a genus of Cuban plants in the grass family. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The only known species is Triscenia ovina. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1862. Plantae Wrightianae, e Cuba orientali 2: 534
  3. Tropicos, Triscenia Griseb.
  4. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  5. Hitchcock, A. S. 1909. Catalogue of the Grasses of Cuba. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12(6): 183–258, vii–xi
  6. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora