Hemarthria
Jointgrasses | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
Supertribe: | |
Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
Subtribe: | |
Genus: | Hemarthria R.Br.[1] |
Type species | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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Hemarthria is a genus of herbaceous plants in the grass family. They occur in the tropical and subtropical Old World, especially in China and Southeast Asia, with some species in Africa, Australia, and southern Europe.[4] They may be known generally as jointgrasses.[5][6][7][8]
- Species[3]
- Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - limpograss, African jointgrass, Batavian quick grass, halt grass - China, India, Indochina, Borneo, Madagascar, Mauritius, Middle East, Caucasus, Africa, Canary Islands, Spain, Italy, Greece; naturalized in parts of North + South America
- (L.f.) R.Br. - whip grass - China, Japan, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Comoros
- Bor - Thailand
- Heuvel- Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia
- Steud. - India, Bangladesh
- (Hook.f.) A.Camus - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo
- Stapf - eastern + south-central Africa
- (Balansa) Clayton - Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea
- Steud. - Guangdong, eastern Himalayas, southeast Asia, New Guinea
- (Gand.) Ohwi - China, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Russia (Amur Oblast, Primorye, Khabarovsk)
- Bor - Thailand
- R.Br. - matgrass - Western Australia
- formerly included
see Coelorachis Mnesithea
- Hemarthria perforata -
- Hemarthria rugosa -
References[]
- ^ Robert 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 207 in Latin
- ^ Lectotype designated by Nash, North American Flora 17: 87 (1909)
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 640 牛鞭草属 niu bian cao shu Hemarthria R. Brown, Prodr. 207. 1810. Flora of China.
- ^ Hemarthria. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana genere Hemarthria
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia
Categories:
- Panicoideae
- Poaceae genera
- Grasses of Africa
- Grasses of Asia
- Grasses of Europe