Acroceras

Acroceras
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Acroceras
Stapf
Type species
Acroceras oryzoides
(syn of A. zizanioides)[1]
Stapf
Synonyms[1]

Acroceras is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]

The genus is widespread across warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with a high amount of diversity in Madagascar.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Species[1]
  1. Acroceras amplectens
  2. Acroceras attenuatum
  3. Acroceras boivinii
  4. Acroceras bosseri
  5. Acroceras calcicola
  6. Acroceras chaseae
  7. Acroceras diffusum
  8. Acroceras elegans
  9. Acroceras excavatum
  10. Acroceras fluminense
  11. Acroceras gabunense
  12. Acroceras hubbardii
  13. Acroceras ivohibense
  14. Acroceras lateriticum
  15. Acroceras macrum
  16. Acroceras mandrarense
  17. Acroceras manongarivense
  18. Acroceras munroanum
  19. Acroceras parvulum
  20. Acroceras paucispicata
  21. Acroceras sambiranense
  22. Acroceras seyrigii
  23. Acroceras tenuicaule
  24. Acroceras tonkinense
  25. Acroceras zizanioides
formerly included[1]

see Brachiaria Panicum

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Stapf, Otto. 1920. Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 621
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Acroceras Stapf
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ Camus, A. 1946. Lepturus, Acroceras et Brachiaria nouveaux de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 93: 86–89
  6. ↑ 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. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  7. ↑ "Acroceras". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden – via eFloras.org.
  8. ↑ Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín
  9. ↑ Clayton, W. D. & S. A. Renvoize. 1982. Gramineae (Part 3). 451–898. In R. M. Polhill (ed.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam
  10. ↑ Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557.
  11. ↑ Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta
  12. ↑ Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh

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