Echinolaena

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paspaleae
Subtribus: Paspalinae
Genus: Echinolaena
Species: E. ecuadoriana – E. gracilis – E. inflexa – E. madagascariensis – E. minarum – E. oplismenoides – E. standleyi
Name

Echinolaena Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 1: 75 (1813)
Type species: Echinolaena inflexa (Poir.) Chase, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 24: 117 (1911)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Echinochlaena Spreng., Gen. Pl. 1: 65 (1830), orth. var.

References

Desvaux, N.A. (1813) Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts 1: 75.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Echinolaena in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Echinolaena. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
Tropicos.org 2013. Echinolaena. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Echinolaena. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.

Echinolaena is a genus of plants in tribe Paspaleae of the grass family, native to the New World tropics.[3][4] It includes only two species after the referral of former members to the related genera Hildaea, Ichnanthus, Oedochloa and the more distant Chasechloa (tribe Paniceae) in a 2015 revision.[4]

Species[4][1]

Echinolaena gracilis - from Yucatán to Bolivia
Echinolaena inflexa - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Goiás, D.F., São Paulo, Maranhão

formerly included

E. boiviniana - Chasechloa egregia
E. brachystachya - Panicum brachystachyum
E. ecuadoriana - Oedochloa ecuadoriana
E. loliacea - Ichnanthus hirtus
E. madagascariensis - Chasechloa madagascariensis
E. minarum - Oedochloa minarum
E. navicularis - Ichnanthus glaber
E. nemorosa - Ichnanthus nemorosus
E. oplismenoides - Ichnanthus oplismenoides
E. polystachya - Pseudechinolaena polystachya
E. procurrens - Ichnanthus procurrens
E. standelyi - Oedochloa standelyi
E. trinii - Pseudechinolaena polystachya

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Tropicos, Echinolaena Desv.
Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin 1813. Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts 1: 75 in Latin
Silva, Christian; Snak, Cristiane; Schnadelbach, Alessandra Selbach; van den Berg, Cássio; Oliveira, Reyjane Patrícia (2015). "Phylogenetic relationships of Echinolaena and Ichnanthus within Panicoideae (Poaceae) reveal two new genera of tropical grasses". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 93: 212–233. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.07.015. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 26231381.