Sclerodactylon

Sclerodactylon
The grass in the foreground is Sclerodactylon macrostachyum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Genus: Sclerodactylon
Stapf
Species:
S. macrostachyum
Binomial name
Sclerodactylon macrostachyum
Synonyms[1]
  • Eleusine macrostachya Benth.
  • Eleusine juncea Bojer
  • Sclerodactylon juncifolium Stapf (type species of Sclerodactylon)

Sclerodactylon is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.[2][3]

Species

The only known species is Sclerodactylon macrostachyum, native to Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Comoros, Aldabra, Seychelles, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.[1][4][5][6]

formerly included[1]

see Acrachne

  • Sclerodactylon micrandrum - Acrachne racemosa

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Stapf, Otto. 1911. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1911: 318-319 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ↑ Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  5. ↑ Fosberg, F.R. & Renvoize, S.A. (1980). The Flora of Aldabra and neighbouring islands: 1-358. Crown, London.
  6. ↑ The Plant Lise search for Sclerodactylon