Leptocarydion

Leptocarydion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Leptocarydion
Hochst. ex Stapf
Binomial name
Leptocarydion vulpiastrum
(De Not.) Stapf
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptocarydium Hochst. ex Stapf alternate spelling
  • Rabdochloa vulpiastrum De Not.
  • Diplachne vulpiastrum (De Not.) Schweinf.
  • Triodia vulpiastrum (De Not.) K.Schum.
  • Uralepis alopecuroides Hochst. ex Steud.
  • Leptochloa plumosa Andersson
  • Triodia plumosa (Andersson) Benth.
  • Sieglingia plumosa (Andersson) Kuntze
  • Leptocarydion alopecuroides (Hochst. ex Steud.) Stapf
  • Diplachne alopecuroides (Hochst. ex Steud.) Eyles

Leptocarydion is a genus of African and Arabic plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]

Species

The only known species is Leptocarydion vulpiastrum, native to Africa from Eritrea to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Yemen and Madagascar.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich ex Stapf, Otto. 1898 Flora Capensis 7: 316 in English
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Leptocarydion Hochst. ex Stapf
  5. ↑ Peterson, P. M., K. Romaschenko & Y. Herrera Arrieta. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Cteniinae, Farragininae, Gouiniinae, Gymnopogoninae, Perotidinae, and Trichoneurinae (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 63(2): 275–286