Mesosetum

Mesosetum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Mesosetum
Steud.
Type species
Mesosetum cayennense
Steud.
Synonyms[1]
  • Bifaria (Hack.) Kuntze 1898, illegitimate homonym not Tiegh. 1896 (Santalaceae)
  • Peniculus Swallen

Mesosetum is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, native to North and South America including the West Indies.[2][3]

Species[4][1]
  1. Mesosetum agropyroides Mez
  2. Mesosetum alatum Filg.
  3. Mesosetum annuum Swallen
  4. Mesosetum ansatum (Trin.) Kuhlm.
  5. Mesosetum arenarium Swallen
  6. Mesosetum bifarium (Hack.) Chase
  7. Mesosetum blakei Swallen
  8. Mesosetum cayennense Steud.
  9. Mesosetum chaseae Luces
  10. Mesosetum chlorostachyum (Döll) Chase
  11. Mesosetum comatum Swallen
  12. Mesosetum compressum Swallen
  13. Mesosetum elytrochaetum (Hack.) Swallen
  14. Mesosetum exaratum (Trin.) Chase
  15. Mesosetum ferrugineum (Trin.) Chase
  16. Mesosetum filifolium F.T.Hubb.
  17. Mesosetum gibbosum Renvoize & Filg.
  18. Mesosetum loliiforme (Steud.) Hitchc.
  19. Mesosetum longiaristatum Filg.
  20. Mesosetum pappophorum (Nees) Kuhlm.
  21. Mesosetum penicillatum Mez
  22. Mesosetum pittieri Hitchc.
  23. Mesosetum rottboellioides (Kunth) Hitchc.
  24. Mesosetum sclerochloa (Trin.) Hitchc.
  25. Mesosetum stoloniferum Swallen
  26. Mesosetum wrightii Hitchc.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von. 1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 118 in Latin
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ↑ The Plant List search for Mesosetum