Hemarthria
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| Jointgrasses | |
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| Hemarthria uncinata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Rottboelliinae |
| Genus: | Hemarthria R.Br.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Hemarthria compressa | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Hemarthria is a genus of herbaceous plants in the grass family. They occur in the tropical and subtropical Old World, especially in China and Southeast Asia, with some species in Africa, Australia, and southern Europe.[4] They may be known generally as jointgrasses.[5][6][7][8]
- Species[3]
- Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - limpograss, African jointgrass, Batavian quick grass, halt grass - China, India, Indochina, Borneo, Madagascar, Mauritius, Middle East, Caucasus, Africa, Canary Islands, Spain, Italy, Greece; naturalized in parts of North + South America
- Hemarthria compressa (L.f.) R.Br. - whip grass - China, Japan, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Comoros
- Hemarthria debilis Bor - Thailand
- Hemarthria depressa Heuvel- Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia
- Hemarthria hamiltoniana Steud. - India, Bangladesh
- Hemarthria longiflora (Hook.f.) A.Camus - China, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Borneo
- Hemarthria natans Stapf - eastern + south-central Africa
- Hemarthria pratensis (Balansa) Clayton - Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea
- Hemarthria protensa Steud. - Guangdong, eastern Himalayas, southeast Asia, New Guinea
- Hemarthria sibirica (Gand.) Ohwi - China, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Russia (Amur Oblast, Primorye, Khabarovsk)
- Hemarthria stolonifera Bor - Thailand
- Hemarthria uncinata R.Br. - matgrass - Western Australia
- formerly included
see Coelorachis Mnesithea
- Hemarthria perforata - Mnesithea laevis
- Hemarthria rugosa - Coelorachis rugosa
References[edit]
- ^ Robert 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 207 in Latin
- ^ Lectotype designated by Nash, North American Flora 17: 87 (1909)
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 640 牛鞭草属 niu bian cao shu Hemarthria R. Brown, Prodr. 207. 1810. Flora of China.
- ^ Hemarthria. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana genere Hemarthria
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia
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- Panicoideae
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