Echinolaena
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
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| Tribe: | Paspaleae |
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| Genus: | Echinolaena Desv. |
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Echinolaena is a genus of plants in tribe Paspaleae of the grass family, native to the New World tropics.[3][4] It includes only two species after the referral of former members to the related genera , Ichnanthus, Oedochloa and the more distant Chasechloa (tribe Paniceae) in a 2015 revision.[4]
- - from Yucatán to Bolivia
- - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Goiás, D.F., São Paulo, Maranhão
- formerly included
- E. boiviniana -
- E. brachystachya -
- E. ecuadoriana -
- E. loliacea -
- E. madagascariensis -
- E. minarum -
- E. navicularis -
- E. nemorosa -
- E. oplismenoides -
- E. polystachya -
- E. procurrens -
- E. standelyi -
- E. trinii -
References[]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Tropicos, Echinolaena Desv.
- ^ Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin 1813. Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts 1: 75 in Latin
- ^ a b c Silva, Christian; Snak, Cristiane; Schnadelbach, Alessandra Selbach; van den Berg, Cássio; Oliveira, Reyjane Patrícia (2015). "Phylogenetic relationships of Echinolaena and Ichnanthus within Panicoideae (Poaceae) reveal two new genera of tropical grasses". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 93: 212–233. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.07.015. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 26231381.
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