Melanocenchris

Genus of grasses

Melanocenchris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Tripogoninae
Genus: Melanocenchris
Nees
Synonyms[1]
  • Gracilea J.Koenig ex Hook.f.
  • Ptiloneilema Steud.

Melanocenchris is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.[2][3]

Species[4]
  • Melanocenchris abyssinica (R.Br. ex Fresen.) Hochst. - Chad, Sudan, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Persian Gulf Sheikdoms, Iran, Pakistan, India
  • Melanocenchris jacquemontii Jaub. & Spach - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Socotra
  • Melanocenchris monoica (Rottler) C.E.C.Fisch. - India, Sri Lanka

References

Wikispecies has information related to Melanocenchris.
  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel 1841. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1: 94-95 in Latin
  3. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Taxon identifiers
Melanocenchris


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