Acritochaete

Acritochaete
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Acritochaete
Pilg.
Binomial name
Acritochaete volkensii
Pilg.
Synonyms[1]

Oplismenus volkensii (Pilg.) Mez ex Peter

Acritochaete is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]

The only known species is Acritochaete volkensii, native to Nigeria, Cameroon, islands of the Gulf of Guinea, Zaïre, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and South Sudan.[1][5][6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1902. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 32: 53-55 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  3. ↑ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420
  6. ↑ Clayton, W.D. & S.A. Renvoize. 1982. Gramineae (Part 3). 451–898. In W. B. Turrill & R.M. Polhill (ed.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam


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