Axonopus

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Carpet grass
Axonopus fissifolius.jpg
Axonopus fissifolius
Scientific classification e
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

P.Beauv.[2][3]
Synonyms[4][5]
List
  • Anastrophus Schltdl.
  • Axonopus sect. Cabrera (Lag.) Chase
  • Cabrera Lag.
  • Lappagopsis Steud.
  • Panicum sect. Cabrera (Lag.) Trin.
  • Panicum sect. Harpostachys
  • Paspalum sect. Cabrera (Lag.) Döll

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ The International Plant Names Index, search for Axonopus
  2. ^ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 142 (1908)
  3. ^ Tropicos, Axonopus P. Beauv.
  4. ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ Tropicos, Panicum sect. Cabrera (Lag.) Trin
  6. ^ 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.

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