Acrachne

Acrachne perrieri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Dactylocteniinae
Genus: Acrachne
Species: A. henrardiana – A. perrieri – A. racemosa

Name

  • Acrachne Wight et Arn. ex Chiov., Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 8: 361 (1907)
  • Type species: Acrachne racemosa (B.Heyne ex Roth) Ohwi, Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 1 (1947)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Arthrochloa J.W.Lorch, J. Indian Bot. Soc. 39: 490 (1960), nom. illeg.
    • Camusia J.W.Lorch, Bull. Res. Council Israel Sect. D, Bot. 9: 155 (1961)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Cosmopolitan
    • Regional: Tropical & Subtropical Old World to N. Australia.
      • Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Cape Verde, Chad, China South-Central, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Hainan, India, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Queensland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    • Introduced into:
      • California, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Haiti

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Additional references

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