Chionachne

Chionachne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Chionachne R.Br.
Type species
Coix barbata (syn of C. gigantea)[1][2] Roxb.
Synonyms[1]
Sclerachne R.Br.

Chionachne is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Papuasian plants in the grass family.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Species^[1][9]

1. Chionachne biaurita Hack. - Luzon
2. Chionachne cyathopoda (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. - New Guinea, northern Australia
3. Chionachne gigantea (J.Koenig) Veldkamp - Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Java
4. Chionachne hubbardiana Henrard - Queensland, Northern Territories, Western Australia, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands
5. Chionachne javanica (Henrard) Clayton - Java, Lesser Sunda Islands
6. Chionachne macrophylla (Benth.) Clayton - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Is, Bismarck Arch
7. Chionachne massiei Balansa - Hainan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand
8. Chionachne punctata (R.Br.) Jannink - Indochina, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines
9. Chionachne semiteres (Benth.) Henrard - India, Myanmar

formerly included^[1]

see Cleistochloa

• Chionachne sclerachne - Cleistochloa sclerachne

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. The International Plant Names Index
3. Brown, Robert. 1838. Plantae Javanicae Rariores 15, 18
4. Tropicos, Chionachne R. Br.
5. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 649 葫芦草属 hu lu cao shu Chionachne R. Brown
6. Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia
7. Atlas of Living Australia
8. Jannink, T. A. & J. F. Veldkamp. 2002. Revision of Chionachninae (Gramineae: Andropogoneae). Blumea 47(3): 545–580
9. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora