Orthacanthus (Poaceae)

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: Traginae
Genus: Orthacanthus
Species: O. pedunculatus

Name

Orthacanthus P.M.Peterson & Romasch., Taxon 65: 1277 (2016)

• monotypic taxon

References

• Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K. & Herrera Arrieta, Y. 2016. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Cynodonteae (Poaceae: Chloridoideae) with four new genera: Orthacanthus, Triplasiella, Tripogonella, and Zaqiqah; three new subtribes: Dactylocteniinae, Orininae, and Zaqiqahinae; and a subgeneric classification of Distichlis. Taxon 65(6): 1263–1287. DOI: 10.12705/656.4 hdl: 10088/30486 . Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Orthacanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Orthacanthus. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 14 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Orthacanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Dec. 2019.