Biology:Hemarthria
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Short description: Genus of grasses
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| Hemarthria uncinata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Rottboelliinae |
| Genus: | Hemarthria R.Br.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Hemarthria compressa (L.f.) R.Br.[2]
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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Hemarthria is a genus of herbaceous plants in the grass family. They occur in the tropical and subtropical Old World, especially in China and Southeast Asia, with some species in Africa, Australia , and Southern Europe.[4] They may be known generally as jointgrasses.[5][6][7][8]
- Species[3]
- Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - limpograss, African jointgrass, Batavian quick grass, halt grass - China , India , Indochina, Borneo, Madagascar , Mauritius, Middle East, Caucasus, Africa, Canary Islands, Spain , Italy, Greece; naturalized in parts of North + South America
- Hemarthria compressa (L.f.) R.Br. - whip grass - China , Japan , Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Comoros
- Hemarthria debilis Bor - Thailand
- Hemarthria depressa Heuvel- Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia
- Hemarthria hamiltoniana Steud. - India , Bangladesh
- Hemarthria longiflora (Hook.f.) A.Camus - China , Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo
- Hemarthria natans Stapf - eastern + south-central Africa
- Hemarthria pratensis (Balansa) Clayton - Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea
- Hemarthria protensa Steud. - Guangdong, eastern Himalayas, southeast Asia, New Guinea
- Hemarthria sibirica (Gand.) Ohwi - China , Japan , Korea, Pakistan , Russia (Amur Oblast, Primorye, Khabarovsk)
- Hemarthria stolonifera Bor - Thailand
- Hemarthria uncinata R.Br. - matgrass - Western Australia
- formerly included
see Coelorachis Mnesithea
- Hemarthria perforata - Mnesithea laevis
- Hemarthria rugosa - Coelorachis rugosa
References
- ↑ Robert 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 207 in Latin
- ↑ Lectotype designated by Nash, North American Flora 17: 87 (1909)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 640 牛鞭草属 niu bian cao shu Hemarthria R. Brown, Prodr. 207. 1810. Flora of China.
- ↑ Hemarthria. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana genere Hemarthria
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ Atlas of Living Australia
Wikidata ☰ Q2353350 entry
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