Sacciolepis is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2][3] Cupscale grass is a common name for plants in this genus.[4]
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| Sacciolepis indica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Genus: | Sacciolepis Nash |
| Type species | |
| Sacciolepis gibba (syn of S. striata)[1] (Elliott) Nash
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They are widespread in tropical and warmer temperate regions. Many are native to Africa, with others in Asia, Australia, and the Americas.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
These species are annual or perennial and may have rhizomes or stolons. The inflorescence is usually a narrow, dense panicle. They generally grow in moist habitat, such as marshes and streambanks.[7] Sacciolepis is closely related to genus Panicum.[5][6]
- Sacciolepis africana - Africa from Senegal to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar
- Sacciolepis angustissima - from the Guianas to Bolivia + Peru
- Sacciolepis antsirabensis - Madagascar
- Sacciolepis arenaria - Angola
- Sacciolepis catumbensis - Angola, Zambia
- Sacciolepis chevalieri - Africa from Senegal to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar
- Sacciolepis ciliocincta - Africa from Senegal to Sudan + Congo Rep
- Sacciolepis cingularis - Sudan, Chad, Congo Rep
- Sacciolepis clatrata - Central African Rep
- Sacciolepis curvata - eastern + southeastern Africa from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal; Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka
- Sacciolepis cymbiandra - West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria
- Sacciolepis fenestrata - Thailand
- Sacciolepis indica - glenwood grass, Chase's glenwood grass, Indian cupscale grass - Africa from Guinea to Cape Province; Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, Indian Subcontinent, East + Southeast Asia, Australia; naturalized in New Zealand, southeastern USA, scattered places in Latin America and Pacific
- Sacciolepis interrupta - tropical Asia, tropical Africa
- Sacciolepis leptorachis - tropical Africa
- Sacciolepis micrococca - tropical Africa, Madagascar
- Sacciolepis myosuroides - tropical Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia, Australia
- Sacciolepis myuros - tropical America from central Mexico to Trinidad + Bolivia
- Sacciolepis otachyrioides - Colombia (Meta), Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Guárico), Guyana (Rupununi), Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima)
- Sacciolepis seslerioides - Congo Rep, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola
- Sacciolepis striata - southeastern USA from Texas to Delaware;[14] Greater Antilles, Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco), Central America, Trinidad, Venezuela, Guianas, Amapá
- Sacciolepis tenuissima - Thailand
- Sacciolepis transbarbata - Tanzania, Burundi, Zaire, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, Zimbabwe
- Sacciolepis typhura - Africa from Ivory Coast to Eswatini
- Sacciolepis viguieri - Madagascar
- Sacciolepis vilvoides - Cuba, South America from Venezuela to Uruguay
- formerly included[1]
see Hymenachne Panicum
- Sacciolepis aurita - Panicum auritum
- Sacciolepis donacifolia - Hymenachne donacifolia
- Sacciolepis insulicola - Panicum auritum
- Sacciolepis longissima - Panicum longissimum
- Sacciolepis polymorpha - Panicum auritum
- Sacciolepis semienensis - Panicum hymeniochilum
References
edit- ^ a b c d Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Nash, George Valentine. 1901. Manual of the Flora of the northern States and Canada page 89 in English
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sacciolepis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ a b Judziewicz, E. J. (1990). A new South American species of Sacciolepis (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae), with a summary of the genus in the New World. Systematic Botany 15(3) 415-20.
- ^ a b Simon, B. K. (1972). A revision of the genus Sacciolepis (Gramineae) in the 'Flora Zambesiaca' area. Kew Bulletin 27(3) 387-406.
- ^ a b Wipff, J. K. Sacciolepis Nash. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.
- ^ Flora of China, Vol. 22 Page 500, 510, 511 囊颖草属 nang ying cao shu Sacciolepis Nash, Man. Fl. N. States. 89. 1901.
- ^ "Atlas of Living Australia, Sacciolepis R.C.Nash, Cupscale Grass". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
- ^ Sanbi Red List of South African Plants
- ^ The Plant List search for Sacciolepis
- ^ Sacciolepis Species List. Germplasm Resources Information Network.
- ^ Quattrocchi, U. CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology, Volume 1. CRC Press. 2006. pg. 1937.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
