Canastra
Canastra is a genus of bunchgrass plants in the grass family. Its species are endemic to Brazil.[1][2][3]
| Canastra | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Paspaleae |
| Subtribe: | Arthropogoninae |
| Genus: | Canastra Morrone, Zuloaga, Davidse & Filg. |
| Type species | |
| Canastra lanceolata (Filg.) Morrone, Zuloaga, Davidse & Filg. | |
Species
Species include:[4]
- Canastra aristella (Döll) Zuloaga & Morrone — Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo states.
- Canastra lanceolata (Filg.) Morrone, Zuloaga, Davidse & Filg. — Minas Gerais state.[5]
See also
References
- Morrone, O., F. O. Zuloaga, G. Davidse & T. S. Filgueiras. 2001. Canastra, a new genus of Paniceae (Poaceae, Panicoideae) segregated from Arthropogon. Novon 11(4): 429–436.
- Zuloaga, F. O., L. M. Giussani & O. Morrone. 2006. On the taxonomic position of Panicum aristellum (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Systematic Botany 31(3): 497–505
- Döll, Johann Christoph 1877. Flora Brasiliensis 2(2): 221 in Latin, as Panicum aristellum
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Jstor.org: "Canastra, a New Genus of Paniceae (Poaceae, Panicoideae) Segregated from Arthropogon"; Osvaldo Morrone, Fernando O. Zuloaga, Gerrit Davidse and Tarciso S. Filgueiras; Novon Vol. 11, No. 4 (Winter, 2001), pp. 429-436.
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