Rhytachne is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2][3] They grow principally in wet savannahs in Africa and the Americas. More specifically, they tend to prefer transitional zones between marshes and drier upland savannahs. In the Americas, the genus can be found from southern Mexico and Cuba south to northern Argentina, while in Africa it is present in Sub-Saharan Africa, including in Madagascar. Twelve species are included, of which nine are African, two are American, and one, Rhytachne subgibbosa, is found on both continents.[4][5] The genus is closely related to Coelorachis.[6][7]

Rhytachne
Rhytachne rottboellioides in Madagascar
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: Rhytachne
Desv. ex Ham.
Type species
Rhytachne rottboellioides
Synonyms[1]
  • Lepturopsis Steud.
Species[1][8][9][10][11][12]
formerly included[1]

see Loxodera Phacelurus Thelepogon Urelytrum

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Hamilton, William. 1825. Prodromus Plantarum Indiae Occidentalis xiv, 11-12 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Rhytachne Desv. ex Ham.
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ^ Davidse, Gerrit (1984), "A New Species of Rhytachne (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) from Northern South America", Brittonia, 36 (4): 402–405, Bibcode:1984Britt..36..402D, doi:10.2307/2806601, JSTOR 2806601, S2CID 84735635
  6. ^ Clayton, W.D. (1978), "The Genus Rhytachne (Graminieae)", Kew Bulletin, 32 (4): 767–771, Bibcode:1978KewBu..32..767C, doi:10.2307/4109770, JSTOR 4109770
  7. ^ Clayton, W. D. 1978. The genus Rhytachne (Gramineae). Kew Bulletin 32(4): 767–771
  8. ^ The Plant List Search for Rhytachne
  9. ^ Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  10. ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela
  11. ^ Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247
  12. ^ Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México D.F.