Sclerodactylon

Sclerodactylon is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.[2][3]

Species

Sclerodactylon
The grass in the foreground is Sclerodactylon macrostachyum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Genus:
Sclerodactylon

Species:
S. macrostachyum
Binomial name
Sclerodactylon macrostachyum
Type species
Sclerodactylon juncifolium
Synonyms[1]
  • Eleusine macrostachya Benth.
  • Eleusine juncea Bojer
  • Sclerodactylon juncifolium Stapf

The only known species is Sclerodactylon macrostachyum, native to Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Comoros, Aldabra, Seychelles, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.[1][4][5][6]

formerly included[1]

see Acrachne

  • Sclerodactylon micrandrum - Acrachne racemosa

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Stapf, Otto. 1911. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1911: 318-319 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  5. Fosberg, F.R. & Renvoize, S.A. (1980). The Flora of Aldabra and neighbouring islands: 1-358. Crown, London.
  6. The Plant Lise search for Sclerodactylon


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.