Echinolaena is a genus of plants in tribe Paspaleae of the grass family, native to the New World tropics.[3][4] 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.[4]

Echinolaena
Echinolaena inflexa
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: Echinolaena
Desv.
Type species
Echinolaena hirta
(syn. of E. inflexa)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Panicum sect. Echinolaena (Desv.) Nees
  • Echinochlaena Spreng.
Species[4][1]
formerly included

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Tropicos, Echinolaena Desv.
  3. ^ Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin 1813. Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts 1: 75 in Latin
  4. ^ a b c 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.07.015. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 26231381.