Checklist: Poaceae

POACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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Danthoniopsis pruinosa
GRAMINAE 
Literature:   
Bennett, K.E. (1980) Keys to Zimbabwean grass species. Kirkia 11(2) 169-286 
Clayton, W.D. (1970) Poaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Part 1  
Clayton, W.D. (1989) Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3)  
Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982) Poaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Part 3  
Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1986) Genera Graminum. Grasses of the World. HMSO, London 
Clayton, W.D. et al. (1974) Poaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Part 2  
Cope, T.A. (1999) Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(2)  
Cope, T.A. (2002) Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(4)  
Gibbs Russell, G.E. et al. (1990) Grasses of Southern Africa. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria 
Launert, E. (1971) Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(1)  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
HETERANTHOECIA Stapf 
Heteranthoecia guineensis (Franch.) Robyns
  
G.257. ELYTROPHORUS P. Beauv. 
Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A. Camus
Dactylis spicata Willd.
Elytrophorus articulatus P. Beauv.
  
G.290. ARUNDO L. 
*Arundo donax L.
  
G.293. PHRAGMITES Adans. 
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.
Arundo australis Cav.
Arundo phragmites L.
Arundo vulgaris Lam.
Phragmites communis Trin.
Phragmites vulgaris (Lam.) Crép.
Trichoon phragmites (L.) Rendle
Phragmites karka (Retz.) Trin. ex Steud.
subsp. karka
Arundo karka Retz.
Phragmites vallatorius (L.) Veldkamp
Phragmites mauritianus Kunth
Phragmites communis var. mauritianus (Kunth) Bak.
Phragmites communis var. mossambicensis Anderss.
Phragmites laxiflorus Steud.
Phragmites pungens Hack.
Phragmites vulgaris var. mauritianus (Bak.) Dur. & Schinz
Phragmites vulgaris var. mossambicensis (Anderss.) Dur. & Schinz
Echinochloa colonum (L.) Link
Brachiaria longifolia Gilli
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. subsp. colona (L.) Honda
Echinochloa divaricata Anderss.
Echinochloa subverticillata Pilg.
Panicum colonum L.
Panicum colonum var. atroviolaceum Hack.
Panicum colonum var. angustatum Peter
Panicum echinochloa Th. Dur. & Schinz
  
G.503. SETARIA P. Beauv. 
CYMBOSETARIA Schweick. 
Setaria lindenbergiana (Nees) Stapf
Panicum lindbergianum Nees
Setaria angustissima Stapf
Setaria mauritiana var. angustifolia Rendle
Setaria subsetosa Stapf
Setaria thermitaria Chiov.
  
G.546. ISACHNE R. Br. 
Isachne buettneri Hack.
Isachne albens Trin. subsp. buettneri (Hack.) Vande Kerkhof & Sosef
Isachne Albens Trin. var. buettneri (Hack.) Veldkamp
Isachne bomoensis Vanderyst
Isachne brixhii Vanderyst
Isachne mortehanii Vanderyst
Isachne pynaertii Vanderyst
Isachne scandens C.E.Hubb.
Isachne kiyalaensis Robyns
Isachne mauritiana Kunth
Isachne aethiopica Stapf & C.E. Hubb.
Isachne albens Trin. var. hispidula (Hack.) Veldk.
Isachne mauritiana Kunth var. hispidula Hack.
Coelachne africana Pilg.
Coelachne paludosa Peter

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