Scutachne is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5] The only known species is Scutachne dura, it is native to Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola (Haiti + Dominican Republic).[1][6][7]

Scutachne
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: Scutachne
Hitchc. & Chase
Species:
S. dura
Binomial name
Scutachne dura
Synonyms[1]
  • Panicum durum Griseb.
  • Alloteropsis dura (Griseb.) Hitchc.

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References edit

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Hitchcock, Albert Spear & Chase, Mary Agnes. 1911. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 24: 148–149 description in parallel Latin and English; line drawings of fruiting structures of Scutachne dura on page 149
  3. ^ Tropicos, Scutachne Hitchc. & Chase
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  6. ^ Adams, C. D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica 1–848. University of the West Indies, Mona
  7. ^ Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone. 2003. Scutachne. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 46: 569