Polytoca gigantea

Taxonavigation edit

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: 

Name edit

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 edit

  • 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 edit

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

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