Polytoca

Polytoca gigantea

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: Chionachninae
Genus: Polytoca
Species: P. biaurita – P. cyathopoda – P. digitata – P. gigantea – P. hubbardiana – P. javanica – P. macrophylla – P. massiei – P. punctata – P. semiteres – P. wallichiana

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Polytoca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 27. Reference page.

Name

Polytoca R.Br. in J.J.Bennett & R.Brown, Pl. Jav. Rar.: 20 (1838).

• Type species: Polytoca digitata (L.f.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 641 (1917)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Sclerachne R.Br., Pl. Jav. Rar.: 15 (1838).
  • Chionachne R.Br. in J.J.Bennett, Pl. Jav. Rar.: 15 (1838).
  • Cyathorhachis Nees ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 403 (1854).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia. Continental: Pacific (introduced) Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• J.J.Bennett & R.Brown, 1838. Pl. Jav. Rar. (Bennett).: 20

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Polytoca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Polytoca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 May 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Polytoca. Published online. Accessed: 18 May 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Polytoca Accessed: 18 May 2023.

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