Eustachys

Eustachys petraea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Eleusininae
Genus: Eustachys
Species: E. bahiensis – E. brevipila – E. calvescens – E. caribaea – E. distichophylla – E. floridana – E. glauca – E. neglecta – E. paranensis – E. paspaloides – E. petraea – E. retusa – E. swalleniana – E. tenera – E. uliginosa

Name

Eustachys Desv., Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 188 (1810)

• Type species: Eustachys petraea (Sw.) Desv., Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 189 (1810)

Homonyms

• Eustachys Salisb. = Ornithogalum L., Sp. Pl.: 306 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Schultesia Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 17 (1815), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Chloroides Fisch. ex Regel, Index Seminum (LE) 1863: 28 (1863).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cape Provinces, Cayman Is., Chad, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, Georgia, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Louisiana, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Mozambique, Namibia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Oman, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Somalia, South Carolina, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uganda, Uruguay, Vietnam, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: California, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Line Is., Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, New South Wales, New York, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Desvaux, N.A. (1810) Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 188.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Eustachys in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 10. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Eustachys. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 10.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Eustachys. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Eustachys. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Hoenderspoor
English: fingergrass
中文: 真穗草属

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