Sclerodactylon

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Sclerodactylon
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The grass in the foreground is Sclerodactylon macrostachyum
Scientific classification
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Sclerodactylon

Binomial name
Sclerodactylon macrostachyum
Type species
Sclerodactylon juncifolium
Synonyms[1]

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Sclerodactylon is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to eastern Africa and to various islands in the Indian Ocean.[2][3]

Species

The only known species is Sclerodactylon macrostachyum, native to Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Comoros, Aldabra, Seychelles, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.[1][4][5][6]

formerly included[1]

see Acrachne

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Stapf, Otto. 1911. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1911: 318-319 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  5. Fosberg, F.R. & Renvoize, S.A. (1980). The Flora of Aldabra and neighbouring islands: 1-358. Crown, London.
  6. The Plant Lise search for Sclerodactylon

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