Whiteochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family.[1][2][3]

Whiteochloa
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: Cenchrinae
Genus: Whiteochloa
C.E.Hubb.
Type species
Whiteochloa semitonsa

The genus is native to Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.[4] It is named for Australian botanist Cyril Tenison White, 1890–1950.[5]

Species[4][6][7]
  1. Whiteochloa airoides (R.Br.) Lazarides - Northern Territory, QLD, Western Australia
  2. Whiteochloa biciliata Lazarides - Western Australia
  3. Whiteochloa capillipes (Benth.) Lazarides - New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Northern Territory, QLD, Western Australia
  4. Whiteochloa cymbiformis (Hughes) B.K.Simon - Northern Territory, QLD, Western Australia, New South Wales
  5. Whiteochloa multiciliata Lazarides - Northern Territory,
  6. Whiteochloa semitonsa (F.Muell. ex Benth.) C.E.Hubb. - Northern Territory, QLD

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