Cyphochlaena is a genus of plants in the grass family native to certain islands in the Indian Ocean.[2][3]

Cyphochlaena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Boivinellinae
Genus: Cyphochlaena
Hack.
Type species
Cyphochlaena madagascariensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Boivinella A.Camus
Species[1][4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Hackel, Eduard. 1901. Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 51: 465-467 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  3. ^ Bosser, J. 1965. Notes sur les Graminees de Madagascar, II. Sur l'identite des genres Boivinella A. Camus et Cyphochlaena Hack. Adansonia, n.s. 5: 411–413
  4. ^ The Plant List search for Cyphochlaena