Rupichloa is a genus of Brazilian plants in the grass family.[2]

Rupichloa
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: Melinidinae
Genus: Rupichloa
Salariato & Morrone
Type species
Rupichloa acuminata
(Renvoize) D.Salariato & Morrone[1]
Species[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ Tropicos, Rupichloa D. Salariato & Morrone
  2. ^ Salariato, Diego L. & Morrone, Osvaldo N. 2009. Rupichloa, a new genus segregated from Urochloa (Poaceae) based on morphological and molecular data. Taxon 58(2): 381-391
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Morrone, O. & F. O. Zuloaga. 1992. Revisión de las especies sudamericanas nativas e introducidas de los géneros Brachiaria y Urochloa (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Darwiniana 31(1–4): 43–109