Arthraxon
Arthraxon | |
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Arthraxon hispidus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
Supertribe: | |
Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
Subtribe: | Arthraxoninae Benth. |
Genus: | Arthraxon P.Beauv., 1812[1][2] |
Type species | |
(syn of A. hispidus) | |
Synonyms[4] | |
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Arthraxon, commonly known as carpetgrass,[5] is a genus of Asian, African and Australian plants in the grass family, Poaceae,[6][7] containing the following species:[4]
- – Madagascar
- – Hainan, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Java
- – Ethiopia, Oman
- – India
- – India, Nepal, Yunnan
- – China, Himalayas
- Arthraxon hispidus – Asia, Africa, Australia, Indian Ocean islands
- – India
- – Kerala
- – Yunnan, India, Oman
- – eastern Africa, southern Asia
- – Africa, southern Asia
- – India
- – Himalayas, Yunnan, Thailand
- – Guizhou
- – southern Asia
- – eastern Africa, southern Asia
- – India
- – India, Himalayas
- – Himalayas, Yunnan
- – Yunnan, Guangdong, Himalayas, Indochina, Java
- – India
Several species now in the genera Dimeria and Microstegium were formerly included in Arthraxon:[4]
- Arthraxon batangensis –
- Arthraxon hohenackeri –
- Arthraxon lanceolatus and Arthraxon nodosus – Microstegium vimineum
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 111-112 description in Latin, commentary in French
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XI (11), figure VI (6 a-d) line drawings of Arthraxon ciliaris; figure captions in French on caption page 9
- ^ Tropicos, Arthraxon P. Beauv.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 362. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora
Categories:
- Panicoideae
- Poaceae genera
- Grasses of Africa
- Grasses of Asia
- Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois
- Panicoideae stubs