Lopholepis is a genus of South Asian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5] The only known species is Lopholepis ornithocephala, native to Sri Lanka and to India (State of Tamil Nadu).[1]
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| Genus: | Lopholepis Decne. [1839] not (J. Sm.) J. Sm. [1842] (a fern)
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| Lopholepis ornithocephala (Hook.) Steud.
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References edit
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Decaisne, Joseph. 1839. Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 1: 147 in French, in footnote
- ^ Hooker, William Jackson. 1831. Botanical Miscellany 2: 144-146 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Hooker, William Jackson. 1831. Botanical Miscellany 2: plate LXXVI (76) line drawing of Lopholepis ornithocephala (called Holboellia ornithocephala)
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora