Biology:Elytrophorus

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Elytrophorus
Elytrophorus spicata.jpg
Elytrophorus spicatus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Arundinoideae
Tribe: Molinieae
Subtribe: Crinipinae
Genus: Elytrophorus
P.Beauv.[1][2]
Type species
Elytrophorus articulatus
(syn of E. spicatus)
P.Beauv.
Synonyms[3]
  • Echinalysium Trin.

Elytrophorus is a genus of Asian, African, and Australia n plants in the grass family.[2][4][5][6][1][7]

Species[3][8]
  • Elytrophorus globularis Hack. – Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Limpopo, Namibia
  • Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus – tropical Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Hainan, Yunnan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Australia

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2495781 entry