Tenaxia

Tenaxia subulata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Danthonioideae
Tribus: Danthonieae
Genus: Tenaxia
Species: T. aureocephala – T. cachemyriana – T. cumminsii – T. disticha – T. dura – T. guillarmodiae – T. stricta – T. subulata

Name

• Tenaxia N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 97: 350 (2010)
• Type species: Tenaxia stricta (Schrad.) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 97: 352 (2010)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Central Asia Afghanistan, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya Regional: Peninsular Arabia Yemen Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe Regional: Eastern Africa Ethiopia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linder, H.P., Baeza, C.M., Barker, N.P., Galley, C.A., Humphreys, A.M., Lloyd, K.M., Orlovich, D.A., Pirie, M.D., Simon, B.K., Walsh, N.G. & Verboom, G.A. 2010. A generic classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(3): 306–364. DOI: 10.3417/2009006 . BHL. Reference page. 

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. Tenaxia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Tenaxia. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Tenaxia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Tenaxia. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

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