Sclerodactylon
| Sclerodactylon | |
|---|---|
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| The grass in the foreground is Sclerodactylon macrostachyum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Sclerodactylon Stapf |
| Binomial name | |
| Sclerodactylon macrostachyum (Benth.) A.Camus | |
| Type species | |
| Sclerodactylon juncifolium Stapf | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sclerodactylon is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.[2][3]
- Species
The only known species is Sclerodactylon macrostachyum, native to Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Comoros, Aldabra, Seychelles, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.[1][4][5][6]
- formerly included[1]
see Acrachne
- Sclerodactylon micrandrum - Acrachne racemosa
References
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Stapf, Otto. 1911. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1911: 318-319 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
- ↑ Fosberg, F.R. & Renvoize, S.A. (1980). The Flora of Aldabra and neighbouring islands: 1-358. Crown, London.
- ↑ The Plant Lise search for Sclerodactylon
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