Sphaerocaryum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Micrairoideae
Tribe: Isachneae
Genus: Sphaerocaryum
Nees ex Hook.f.
Species:
S. malaccense
Binomial name
Sphaerocaryum malaccense
Synonyms[1]
  • Steudelella Honda
  • Graya Arn. ex Steud. 1854, illegitimate homonym not Endl. 1841 (Amaranthaceae)
  • Sphaerocaryum elegans Nees ex Steud. (type species)
  • Panicum malaccense Trin.
  • Agrostis malaccensis (Trin.) Willd. ex Kunth
  • Graya elegans Arn. ex Steud.
  • Panicum barbivaginale Hayata

Sphaerocaryum is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5] The only known species is Sphaerocaryum malaccense, native to southern China, Indochina, the Indian Subcontinent, Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines, and Sumatra.[1][6] (Isachne pulchella was formerly included in this genus, as Sphaerocaryum pulchellum.[1])

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel ex Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1896. Flora of British India 7(22): 246-247 entirely in English
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Sphaerocaryum Nees ex Hook. f.
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ "Sphaerocaryum in Flora of China @". Efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  6. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 560 稗荩属 bai jin shu Sphaerocaryum Nees ex J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India. 7: 246. 1896


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