Anthaenantia is a New World genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America including the West Indies.[3][4][5] The genus name is sometimes spelled Anthenanthia or Anthenantia.[6]

Anthaenantia
Anthaenantia villosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Paspaleae
Subtribe: Paspalinae
Genus: Anthaenantia
P.Beauv.
Type species
Anthaenantia villosa
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Aulaxanthus Elliott
  • Aulaxia Nutt.
  • Leptocoryphium Nees

Species

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formerly included

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see Axonopus Digitaria Tricholaena

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos, Anthaenantia P. Beauv.
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps, Anthenantia
  4. ^ Webster, R. D., J. H. Kirkbride & J. V. Reyna. 1989. New World genera of the Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Sida 13(4): 393–417
  5. ^ Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744. In P. M. Jørgensen, M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck (eds.) Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
  6. ^ Farr, E. R.; G. Zijlstra (eds.), Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum) 1996+, retrieved 15 July 2016
  7. ^ The Plant List search for Anthaenantia