Ottochloa

Ottochloa gracillima

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Boivinellinae
Genus: Ottochloa
Species: O. gracillima – O. grandiflora – O. nodosa

Name

• Ottochloa Dandy, J. Bot. 69: 54 (1931)
• Type species: Ottochloa nodosa (Kunth) Dandy, J. Bot. 69: 55 (1931)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Hemigymnia Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 741 (1920), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Western Australia Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Borneo, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam Continental: Australasia Regional: Papuasia New Guinea Regional: Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• (1931) Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 69(2): 54.

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. Ottochloa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Ottochloa. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Ottochloa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Ottochloa. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

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