Asthenochloa is a monotypic genus of Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.[3][4] The only known species is Asthenochloa tenera, native to Philippines, Sulawesi, Java, and the Lesser Sunda Islands.[2]

Asthenochloa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Saccharinae
Genus: Asthenochloa
Buse
Species:
A. tenera
Binomial name
Asthenochloa tenera
Synonyms[2]
  • Garnotiella Stapf
  • Andropogon leptos Steud.
  • Chrysopogon tener Nees ex Steud.
  • Sorghum lepton (Steud.) Kuntze
  • Garnotiella philippinensis Stapf
  • Garnotia leptos (Steud.) Stapf
  • Garnotiella leptos (Steud.) Stapf

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References edit

  1. ^ Buse, Lodewijk Hendrik 1854. Plantae Junghuhnianae 367-368 in Latin
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora