Biology:Euclasta (plant)

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Euclasta
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Euclasta condylotricha
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Saccharinae
Genus: Euclasta
Franch.
Type species
Euclasta glumacea
(syn of E. condylotricha)
Franch.
Synonyms[1]
  • Indochloa Bor

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

Species

Species include:[1][5]

  • Euclasta clarkei (Hack.) Cope — native to Oman, India , Myanmar
  • Euclasta condylotricha (Hochst. ex Steud.) Stapf — native to Africa (from Senegal to Zimbabwe, and in Madagascar and Comoros); South Asia in India ; North America, Central America, and South America (from Sinaloa in northwest México to Goiás in Brazil).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Franchet, Adrien René. 1895. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Autun 8: 335-336
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. USDA Plants Profile entry
  5. The Plant List search for Euclasta

Wikidata ☰ Q3759620 entry