Eriochrysis

Eriochrysis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Eriochrysis
P.Beauv.
Type species
Eriochrysis cayennensis
P.Beauv.
Synonyms[1]

Leptosaccharum (Hack.) A.Camus

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

Species[1][5]
  1. Eriochrysis brachypogon (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Swaziland
  2. Eriochrysis cayennensis P.Beauv. - tropical Americas from Chiapas to Uruguay
  3. Eriochrysis × concepcionensis Killeen - Bolivia, Brazil (E. cayennensis × E. laxa)
  4. Eriochrysis filiformis (Hack.) Filg. - Brazil, Paraguay
  5. Eriochrysis holcoides (Nees) Kuhlm. - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
  6. Eriochrysis laxa Swallen - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
  7. Eriochrysis pallida Munro - tropical + southern Africa - from Guinea to KwaZulu-Natal
  8. Eriochrysis purpurata (Rendle) Stapf - tropical Africa from Congo Rep to Zimbabwe
  9. Eriochrysis rangacharii C.E.C.Fisch. - Tamil Nadu
  10. Eriochrysis villosa Swallen - Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
  11. Eriochrysis warmingiana (Hack.) Kuhlm. - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia
formerly included[1]

see Miscanthus Saccharum

  • Eriochrysis attenuata - Miscanthus fuscus
  • Eriochrysis fusca - Miscanthus fuscus
  • Eriochrysis giordaniana - Saccharum narenga
  • Eriochrysis longifolia - Saccharum fallax
  • Eriochrysis narenga - Saccharum narenga
  • Eriochrysis porphyrocoma - Saccharum narenga

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie pages 8-9 description in Latin, commentary in French
  3. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate IV (4), figure XI (11 a-e at lower right) line drawing of Eriochrysis cayennensis; figure captions on caption page 5
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ The Plant List search for Eriochrysis
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/23/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.