Centotheca
Centotheca is a genus of African, Asian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.[3][4]
- Centotheca lappacea (L.) Desv. - tropical western + central Africa; Madagascar, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, numerous islands of the Pacific aka หญ้า ฮี ยุ่ม hee yum grass in Thai
- Centotheca philippinensis (Merr.) C.Monod - Philippines, New Guinea
- Centotheca uniflora Swallen - Vietnam
- formerly included[1]
| Centotheca | |
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| Centotheca lappacea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Tribe: | Centotheceae |
| Genus: | Centotheca Desv. (1810) |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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see Diplachne Megastachya
- Centotheca madagascariensis - Megastachya madagascariensis
- Centotheca malabarica - Diplachne fusca
- Centotheca maxima - Megastachya mucronata
- Centotheca mucronata - Megastachya mucronata
- Centotheca owariensis - Megastachya mucronata
- Centotheca urekana - Megastachya mucronata
See also
References
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Tropicos, Centotheca Desv.
- Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 189
- Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- The Plant List search for Centotheca
- Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 445 假淡竹叶属 jia dan zhu ye shu Centotheca Desvaux
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