Diplachne
| Diplachne | |
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| Diplachne fusca | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
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| Genus: | Diplachne P.Beauv. 1812, not R.Br. ex. Desf. 1819 (Myrtaceae) |
| Type species | |
(Lam.) P.Beauv.
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Diplachne is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread over much of the world.[1][2]
Species[]
- Launert - Namibia
- (Lam.) P.Beauv. - North America, West Indies, South America
- H.Scholz - Libya
- Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. - North America, West Indies, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia
- Launert - Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Botswana
Formerly included[]
over 100 species once considered part of Diplachne but now considered better suited to other genera: Bewsia Catapodium Cleistogenes Disakisperma Enteropogon Eragrostis Festuca Gouinia Leptocarydion Leptochloa Neyraudia Odyssea Orinus Pogonarthria Psilolemma Trichoneura Tripogon Triraphis Verticordia
References[]
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Wikispecies has information related to Diplachne. |
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- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 80-81 description in Latin, commentary in French
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 80-81 line drawing of flowers of Diplachne fascicularis
Categories:
- Chloridoideae
- Poaceae genera
- Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois