Lithachne

Summary

Lithachne is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]

Lithachne
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Olyreae
Subtribe: Olyrinae
Genus: Lithachne
P.Beauv.
Type species
Lithachne axillaris
(syn. of L. pauciflora)[1]
Species[1][5]
  1. Lithachne horizontalis Chase - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Mato Grosso
  2. Lithachne humilis Soderstr. - Honduras
  3. Lithachne pauciflora (Sw.) P.Beauv. - widespread from Jalisco to Paraguay
  4. Lithachne pinetii (C.Wright) Chase - Cuba

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 135 in Latin
  3. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XXIV (24), figure II (2) line drawings of Lithachne pauciflora
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ^ Chase, A. 1935. Studies in the Gramineae of Brazil. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 25: 188–193