Centrochloa

Genus of grasses

Centrochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Genus:
Centrochloa

Swallen
Species:
C. singularis
Binomial name
Centrochloa singularis
Swallen

Centrochloa is a genus of Brazilian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Centrochloa singularis, native to the states of Maranhão, Tocantins and Goiás in east-central Brazil.[1][2] Some authorities consider Centrochloa to be a taxonomic synonym of Axonopus[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Swallen, Jason Richard. 1935. Centrochloa, a new genus of grasses from Brazil Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 25: 192-193. descriptions in parallel English + Latin; commentary in English
  2. ^ Tropicos, Centrochloa singularis Swallen, distribution page
  3. ^ "Name - Axonopus synonyms". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
Taxon identifiers
Centrochloa
Centrochloa singularis


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