Hopia

Hopia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Paspaleae
Subtribe: Paspalinae
Genus: Hopia
Zuloaga & Morrone
Species:
H. obtusa
Binomial name
Hopia obtusa
Synonyms

Panicum obtusum Kunth

Hopia obtusa is a species of grass commonly known as vine mesquite. This plant was treated as Panicum obtusum until recently when more molecular and genetic material revealed new information about it.[1] Hopia obtusa is now placed in the monotypic genus Hopia.[1]

  1. ^ a b Fernando O. Zuloaga, Liliana M. Giussani & Osvaldo Morrone (2007). "Hopia, a new monotypic genus segregated from Panicum (Poaceae)". Taxon. 56 (1): 145–156. doi:10.2307/25065745. JSTOR 25065745.