Axonopus
Carpet grass | |
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Axonopus fissifolius | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
Supertribe: | |
Tribe: | Paspaleae |
Subtribe: | |
Genus: | Axonopus P.Beauv. 1812, not Hook.f. 1896 nor (Steud.) Chase 1911[1] |
Type species | |
Synonyms[4][5] | |
Axonopus is a genus of plants in the grass family, known generally as carpet grass.[6] They are native primarily to the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas with one species in tropical Africa and another on Easter Island.[6][4] They are sometimes rhizomatous and many are tolerant of periodic submersion.
- Species[4]
- G.A.Black - Brazil
- (Mez) C.L.Hitchc. - Trinidad-Tobago, northern South America
- G.A.Black - Bolivia
- Parodi - Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil
- P.Beauv. - from Chiapas to Bolivia
- Renvoize - Bolivia
- (Spreng.) Kuhlm. - Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay
- (Lam.) Chase - from Guatemala to Brazil
- Davidse - Colombia, Venezuela
- (Mez) Henrard - from Guyana to Bolivia
- Chase - from Nayarit to Paraíba
- G.A.Black - Bahia, Minas Gerais
- Davidse - Venezuela
- (Lag.) Chase - from Chiapas to Paraguay
- Swallen - Belize
- (Döll) Kuhlm. - Brazil, Paraguay
- (Mez) Swallen - Venezuela, Brazil
- (Nees ex Trin.) Dedecca - Brazil
- Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P.Beauv. - USA (TX to SC), West Indies, much of Latin America
- G.A.Black - Brazil
- G.A.Black - Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia
- G.A.Black - Cuba
- (J.Presl) Hitchc. - Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
- (Nees) G.A.Black - from Guyana to Bolivia
- Hitchc. & Chase - Trinidad-Tobago, northern South America
- (Nees) Kuhlm. - Brazil
- Axonopus fissifolius (Raddi) Kuhlm. - USA (TX to VA), West Indies, much of Latin America
- Swallen - from Guyana to Bolivia
- (Peter) Troupin - tropical Africa
- (Flüggé) Hitchc. - USA (TX to MD), Cuba, Brazil, Argentina
- G.Black - Venezuela
- Renvoize - Bahia
- (Hack.) Hitchc. - Brazil, Bolivia
- G.A.Black - Pará
- Davidse - Panama
- G.A.Black - Mato Grosso
- G.A.Black - Brazil, Bolivia
- (Trin.) Chase - Minas Gerais
- Luces - Venezuela
- (Flüggé) Hitchc. - Trinidad-Tobago, South America
- (Döll) Kuhlm. - northeastern South America
- Gir.-Cañas - Venezuela
- (Trin.) Chase ex Hitchc. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
- Gir.-Cañas - Colombia
- G.A.Black - Amapá, French Guiana
- (Stapf) Pilg. - Easter Island
- G.A.Black - French Guiana
- G.A.Black - Venezuela, Colombia
- Gir.-Cañas - Venezuela, Colombia
- Chase - Mesoamerica, Colombia
- (Steud.) Dedecca - Brazil
- G.A.Black - Brazil
- (Steud.) Parodi - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
- Henrard - northeastern South America
- (Mez) Chase - from Central Mexico to Paraguay
- Swallen - Amapá, Fr Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela
- (Scribn. & Merr.) Chase - Nayarit
- Davidse - Brazil
- G.A.Black - Venezuela, Colombia
- (Flüggé) Kuhlm. - from northern Mexico to Brazil
- (Döll) Henrard - Amapá, Fr Guiana, Colombia
- (Nees) Kuhlm. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
- Swallen - Venezuela
- G.A.Black - Paraguay
- G.A.Black - Venezuela
- (J.C.Mikan ex Trin.) Parodi - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
- (Steud.) Henrard - northeastern South America
- (Mez) Dedecca - Amazon Basin
- R.W.Pohl - Costa Rica
- G.A.Black - Venezuela
- Gir.-Cañas - Colombia
- formerly included[4]
see Alloteropsis Digitaria Panicum Paspalum Sporobolus
- Axonopus corymbosus - Digitaria compacta
- Axonopus digitatus -
- Axonopus ecklonianus -
- Axonopus latifolius -
- Axonopus maidenianus - Alloteropsis semialata
- Axonopus paniceus -
- Axonopus paniculatus -
- Axonopus poiretii - Sporobolus junceus
- Axonopus proximus -
- Axonopus repens - Paspalum repens
- Axonopus semialatus - Alloteropsis semialata
See also[]
References[]
- ^ The International Plant Names Index, search for Axonopus
- ^ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 142 (1908)
- ^ Tropicos, Axonopus P. Beauv.
- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Tropicos, Panicum sect. Cabrera (Lag.) Trin
- ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 2007-11-13. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
External links[]
Categories:
- Panicoideae
- Poaceae genera
- Grasses of North America
- Grasses of South America
- Grasses of Mexico
- Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois