| Echinolaena | |
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| Echinolaena inflexa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Paspaleae |
| Subtribe: | Paspalinae |
| Genus: | Echinolaena Desv. |
| Type species | |
| Echinolaena hirta (syn. of E. inflexa) Desv. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Echinolaena is a genus of plants in tribe Paspaleae of the grass family, native to the New World tropics. It includes only two species after the referral of former members to the related genera Hildaea, Ichnanthus, Oedochloa and the more distant Chasechloa (tribe Paniceae) in a 2015 revision.
- Species
- Echinolaena gracilis - from Yucatán to Bolivia
- Echinolaena inflexa - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Goiás, D.F., São Paulo, Maranhão
- formerly included
- E. boiviniana - Chasechloa egregia
- E. brachystachya - Panicum brachystachyum
- E. ecuadoriana - Oedochloa ecuadoriana
- E. loliacea - Ichnanthus hirtus
- E. madagascariensis - Chasechloa madagascariensis
- E. minarum - Oedochloa minarum
- E. navicularis - Ichnanthus glaber
- E. nemorosa - Ichnanthus nemorosus
- E. oplismenoides - Ichnanthus oplismenoides
- E. polystachya - Pseudechinolaena polystachya
- E. procurrens - Ichnanthus procurrens
- E. standelyi - Oedochloa standelyi
- E. trinii - Pseudechinolaena polystachya
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Tropicos, Echinolaena Desv.
- Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin 1813. Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts 1: 75 in Latin
- ^ Silva, Christian; Snak, Cristiane; Schnadelbach, Alessandra Selbach; van den Berg, Cássio; Oliveira, Reyjane Patrícia (2015). "Phylogenetic relationships of Echinolaena and Ichnanthus within Panicoideae (Poaceae) reveal two new genera of tropical grasses". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 93: 212–233. Bibcode:2015MolPE..93..212S. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.07.015. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 26231381.
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