Megastachya
Megastachya is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[5][6][7]
- Megastachya madagascariensis (Lam.) Chase - Madagascar
- Megastachya mucronata (Poir.) P.Beauv. - Madagascar, South Africa, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, etc.[4][9][10]
- Formerly included[8]
| Megastachya | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Tribe: | Centotheceae |
| Genus: | Megastachya P.Beauv. |
| Type species | |
| Megastachya owariensis[1][2] (syn of M. mucronata)[3] | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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numerous species once regarded as part of Megastachya but now considered better suited to other genera: Catapodium Desmostachya Distichlis Enteropogon Eragrostis Glyceria Halopyrum Leptochloa Poa
References
- lectotype designated by Niles & Chase Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 182. 1925
- The International Plant Names Index
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Tropicos, Megastachya P. Beauv.
- Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 74, 167 in Latin
- Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure V (5 a-c) line drawings of Megastachya owariensis (identified on caption page 11), (syn of Megastachya mucronata)
- Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- The Plant List search for Megastachya
- Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
- Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420
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