Zeugites

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Zeugites
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Zeugites pringlei
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Zeugiteae
Genus: Zeugites
P.Browne
Type species

Willd.
Synonyms[1]
  • Senites Adans.
  • Despretzia Kunth
  • Krombholzia Rupr. ex E.Fourn.

Zeugites is a genus of North American plants in the grass family. Its species are native to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and/or South America.[2][3]

Species[]

Species of Zeugites include:[1][4]

  • Willd. - from Mexico to Bolivia, and Greater Antilles in Caribbean
  • (Hitchc.) Swallen - Jalisco, Colima, México State, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz (México).
  • Swallen - Michoacán, Sinaloa, Jalisco, México State (México).
  • Hartley - México State
  • (E.Fourn.) Hemsl. - Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas (México), and Honduras
  • Hemsl. - Guatemala, El Salvador; and Chiapas, Veracruz (México).
  • Swallen - Costa Rica, Panama
  • Hack. - from Chiapas (México) to Panama
  • Hartley - México State
  • Scribn. - Michoacán, Morelos, México State, Guerrero, Jalisco (México).

Former species[]

Species formerly in Zeugites include:[1]

  • Zeugites sylvaticus - Calderonella sylvatica

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Kew World checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts, page 341
  3. ^ Tropicos, Zeugites P. Browne
  4. ^ The Plant List search for Zeugites

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