Biology:Centotheca

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Centotheca
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Centotheca lappacea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Centotheceae
Genus: Centotheca
Desv. (1810)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Ramosia Merr.
  • Centosteca Desv., alternate spelling

Centotheca is a genus of African, Asian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.[3][4]

Species[1][5][6]
  • Centotheca lappacea (L.) Desv. - tropical western + central Africa; Madagascar , China , Southeast Asia, New Guinea, numerous islands of the Pacific aka หญ้า ฮี ยุ่ม hee yum grass in Thai
  • Centotheca philippinensis (Merr.) C.Monod - Philippines , New Guinea
  • Centotheca uniflora Swallen - Vietnam
formerly included[1]
  • Centotheca madagascariensis - Megastachya madagascariensis
  • Centotheca malabarica - Diplachne fusca
  • Centotheca maxima - Megastachya mucronata
  • Centotheca mucronata - Megastachya mucronata
  • Centotheca owariensis - Megastachya mucronata
  • Centotheca urekana - Megastachya mucronata

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2620798 entry