Euclasta (Poaceae)

Euclasta (Poaceae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Anthistiriinae
Genus: Euclasta
Species: E. clarkei – E. condylotricha – E. oligantha

Name

• Euclasta Franch., Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Autun 8: 335 (1895)
• Type species: Euclasta condylotricha (Hochst. ex Steud.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 181 (1917)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Indochloa Bor, Kew Bull. 9: 75 (1954)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa, America & Asia Angola, Benin, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Panamá, Peru, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Venezuela, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Franchet, A.R. (1895) Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle d'Autun 8: 335.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Euclasta (Poaceae) in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 7. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Euclasta (Poaceae). Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 7.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Euclasta (Poaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Dec. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Euclasta (Poaceae). Published online. Accessed: 7 Dec. 2013.

Vernacular names

English: mock bluestem
Fulfulde: Ride bara

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