Poecilostachys is a genus of African plants in the grass family, several of the species found only in Madagascar.[2][3][4][5]
| Poecilostachys | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Subtribe: | Boivinellinae |
| Genus: | Poecilostachys Hack. |
| Type species | |
| Poecilostachys hildebrandtii | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Poecilostachys ambositrensis A.Camus
- Poecilostachys bakeri (Schinz) C.E.Hubb.
- Poecilostachys baronis Stapf
- Poecilostachys confertiflora A.Camus
- Poecilostachys geminata (Baker) Hack.
- Poecilostachys hildebrandtii Hack.
- Poecilostachys humbertii A.Camus
- Poecilostachys mainborondroensis A.Camus
- Poecilostachys manongarivensis A.Camus
- Poecilostachys marojejyensis A.Camus
- Poecilostachys mollis Stapf
- Poecilostachys muscicola A.Camus
- Poecilostachys oplismenoides (Hack.) Clayton
- Poecilostachys tsaratananensis A.Camus
- Poecilostachys viguieri A.Camus
- formerly included[1]
see Oplismenus
- Poecilostachys stapfii - Oplismenus flavicomus
References edit
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Hackel, Eduard. 1884. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe, Abteilung 1 89: 131
- ^ Humbert, H. 1955. Une merveille de la nature à Madagascar. Première exploration botanique du Massif du Marojejy et de ses satellites. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Série B, Biologie Végétale 6: 1–272.
- ^ Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557.
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ The Plant List search for Poecilostachys
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