Urelytrum

Urelytrum
Inflorescence of U. agropyroides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Tripsacinae
Genus:
Hack.[1]
Type species
Urelytrum agropyroides

Urelytrum is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[3]

Species[4]
  • Urelytrum agropyroides (Hack.) Hack. — Madagascar, tropical + southern Africa
  • Urelytrum annuum Stapf — West Africa
  • Urelytrum auriculatum C.E.Hubb. — Nigeria
  • Urelytrum digitatum K.Schum. — central Africa
  • Urelytrum giganteum Pilg. — central Africa
  • Urelytrum henrardii Chippind. — Zaïre, Zambia, Caprivi Strip
  • Urelytrum isalense A.Camus — Madagascar
  • Urelytrum muricatum C.E.Hubb. — West Africa
Formerly included[4]

see Loxodera

  • Urelytrum strigosum, now Loxodera strigosa

References

Wikispecies has information related to Poaceae.
Wikispecies has information related to Urelytrum.
  1. ^ Hackel, Eduard. 1887. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 2(2): 22, 25 in German
  2. ^ Tropicos, Urelytrum Hack.
  3. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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