Myriostachya | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
Genus: | Myriostachya (Benth.) Hook.f. |
Species: | M. wightiana |
Binomial name | |
Myriostachya wightiana (Nees ex Steud.) Hook.f. | |
Synonyms | |
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Myriostachya is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Myriostachya wightiana, native to India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, and Peninsular Malaysia.
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1896. Flora of British India 7(22): 327-328 in English
- Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.
- Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
- Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
- Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Myriostachya | |
Myriostachya wightiana | |
Eragrostis sect. Myriostachya |
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