Sacciolepis

Sacciolepis
Sacciolepis indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Sacciolepis
Nash
Type species
Sacciolepis gibba
(syn of S. striata)[1]
(Elliott) Nash
Synonyms[1]

Rhampholepis Stapf

Sacciolepis is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2][3]

They are widespread in tropical and warmer temperate regions. Many are native to Africa, with others in Asia, Australia, and the Americas.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

These species are annual or perennial and may have rhizomes or stolons. The inflorescence is usually a narrow, dense panicle. They generally grow in moist habitat, such as marshes and streambanks.[6] Sacciolepis is closely related to genus Panicum.[4][5]

Species[1][10][11][12]
  1. Sacciolepis africana - Africa from Senegal to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar
  2. Sacciolepis angustissima - from the Guianas to Bolivia + Peru
  3. Sacciolepis antsirabensis - Madagascar
  4. Sacciolepis arenaria - Angola
  5. Sacciolepis catumbensis - Angola, Zambia
  6. Sacciolepis chevalieri - Africa from Senegal to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar
  7. Sacciolepis ciliocincta - Africa from Senegal to Sudan + Congo Rep
  8. Sacciolepis cingularis - Sudan, Chad, Congo Rep
  9. Sacciolepis clatrata - Central African Rep
  10. Sacciolepis curvata - eastern + southeastern Africa from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal; Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka
  11. Sacciolepis cymbiandra - West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria
  12. Sacciolepis fenestrata - Thailand
  13. Sacciolepis indica - glenwood grass, Chase's glenwood grass, Indian cupscale grass - Africa from Guinea to Cape Province; Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, Indian Subcontinent, East + Southeast Asia, Australia; naturalized in New Zealand, southeastern USA, scattered places in Latin America and Pacific
  14. Sacciolepis interrupta - tropical Asia, tropical Africa
  15. Sacciolepis leptorachis - tropical Africa
  16. Sacciolepis micrococca - tropical Africa, Madagascar
  17. Sacciolepis myosuroides - tropical Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia, Australia
  18. Sacciolepis myuros - tropical America from central Mexico to Trinidad + Bolivia
  19. Sacciolepis otachyrioides - Colombia (Meta), Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Guárico), Guyana (Rupununi), Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima)
  20. Sacciolepis seslerioides - Congo Rep, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola
  21. Sacciolepis striata - southeastern USA from Texas to Delaware;[13] Greater Antilles, Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco), Central America, Trinidad, Venezuela, Guianas, Amapá
  22. Sacciolepis tenuissima - Thailand
  23. Sacciolepis transbarbata - Tanzania, Burundi, Zaire, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, Zimbabwe
  24. Sacciolepis typhura - Africa from Ivory Coast to Swaziland
  25. Sacciolepis viguieri - Madagascar
  26. Sacciolepis vilvoides - Cuba, South America from Venezuela to Uruguay
formerly included[1]

see Hymenachne Panicum

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Nash, George Valentine. 1901. Manual of the Flora of the northern States and Canada page 89 in English
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Judziewicz, E. J. (1990). A new South American species of Sacciolepis (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae), with a summary of the genus in the New World. Systematic Botany 15(3) 415-20.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Simon, B. K. (1972). A revision of the genus Sacciolepis (Gramineae) in the 'Flora Zambesiaca' area. Kew Bulletin 27(3) 387-406.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Wipff, J. K. Sacciolepis Nash. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.
  7. ↑ Flora of China, Vol. 22 Page 500, 510, 511 囊颖草属 nang ying cao shu Sacciolepis Nash, Man. Fl. N. States. 89. 1901.
  8. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia, Sacciolepis R.C.Nash, Cupscale Grass
  9. ↑ Sanbi Red List of South African Plants
  10. ↑ The Plant List search for Sacciolepis
  11. ↑ Sacciolepis Species List. Germplasm Resources Information Network.
  12. ↑ Quattrocchi, U. CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology, Volume 1. CRC Press. 2006. pg. 1937.
  13. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map