Myriostachya

Myriostachya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Myriostachya
(Benth.) Hook.f.
Species:
M. wightiana
Binomial name
Myriostachya wightiana
Synonyms[1]
  • Eragrostis sect. Myriostachya Benth.
  • Leptochloa wightiana Nees ex Steud
  • Eragrostis wightiana (Nees ex Steud.) Benth.
  • Festuca natans Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Dinebra verticillata Wight ex Steud.
  • Myriostachya wightiana var. longispicula Hook.f.
  • Myriostachya longispicula (Hook.f.) Senaratna

Myriostachya is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family.[2][3] The only known species is Myriostachya wightiana, native to India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, and Peninsular Malaysia.[1][4][5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  3. ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1896. Flora of British India 7(22): 327-328 in English
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  5. ^ Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  6. ^ Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  7. ^ Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.
  8. ^ Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.