Microcalamus

Microcalamus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Boivinellinae
Genus: Microcalamus
Franch. 1889 not Gamble 1890 (syn of Neomicrocalamus)
Species:
M. barbinodis
Binomial name
Microcalamus barbinodis
Synonyms[1]
  • Microcalamus aspidistrula Stapf
  • Microcalamus convallarioides Stapf
  • Microcalamus aspidistrula f. angustus Stapf
  • Microcalamus aspidistrula f. latus Stapf
  • Microcalamus devosii Vanderyst
  • Microcalamus glaber Stapf

Microcalamus is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[2] The only known species is Microcalamus barbinodis, native to central Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic).[3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Franchet, Adrien René. 1889.
  3. ^ Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
  4. ^ ORSTOM. 1988. List of Vascular Plants of Gabon with Synonymy. Herbier National du Gabon, Yaounde
  5. ^ Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa , ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  6. ^ Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.