Leptocarydion

Leptocarydion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Hubbardochloinae
Genus:
Hochst. ex Stapf
Species:
L. vulpiastrum
Binomial name
Leptocarydion vulpiastrum
(De Not.) Stapf
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptocarydium Hochst. ex Stapf alternate spelling
  • Diplachne alopecuroides (Hochst. ex Steud.) Eyles
  • Diplachne vulpiastrum (De Not.) Schweinf.
  • Leptocarydion alopecuroides (Hochst. ex Steud.) Stapf
  • Leptochloa plumosa Andersson
  • Rabdochloa vulpiastrum De Not.
  • Sieglingia plumosa (Andersson) Kuntze
  • Triodia plumosa (Andersson) Benth.
  • Triodia vulpiastrum (De Not.) K.Schum.
  • Uralepis alopecuroides Hochst. ex Steud.

Leptocarydion is a genus of African and Arabic plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]

Species

The only known species is Leptocarydion vulpiastrum, native to Africa from Eritrea to KwaZulu-Natal, plus Yemen and Madagascar.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich ex Stapf, Otto. 1898 Flora Capensis 7: 316 in English
  3. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ^ Tropicos, Leptocarydion Hochst. ex Stapf
  5. ^ Peterson, P. M., K. Romaschenko & Y. Herrera Arrieta. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Cteniinae, Farragininae, Gouiniinae, Gymnopogoninae, Perotidinae, and Trichoneurinae (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 63(2): 275–286


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