Biology:Coelachyrum

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Coelachyrum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Coelachyrum
Hochst. & Nees
Type species
Coelachyrum brevifolium
Hochst. & Nees
Synonyms[1]
  • Coelachyropsis Bor
  • Coelochloa Steud.
  • Cypholepis Chiov.

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

Species[1][5]
  • Coelachyrum brevifolium Hochst. & Nees - Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf sheikdoms
  • Coelachyrum lagopoides (Burm.f.) Senaratna - India , Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
  • Coelachyrum longiglume Napper - Somalia, Kenya Tanzania
  • Coelachyrum piercei (Benth.) Bor - Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf sheikdoms, Pakistan
  • Coelachyrum poiflorum Chiov. - Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia,
formerly included[1]

see Aeluropus Desmazeria

  • Coelachyrum annuum - Desmazeria philistaea
  • Coelachyrum indicum - Aeluropus lagopoides
  • Coelachyrum yemenicum - Disakisperma yemenicum[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1820861 entry