Aciachne

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Stipeae
Genus: Aciachne
Species: A. acicularis – A. flagellifera – A. pulvinata
Name

Aciachne Benth., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 14: 44 (1881)
Type species: Aciachne pulvinata Benth., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 14: t. 1362 (1881)

References
Primary references

Bentham, G. (1881) Hooker's Icones Plantarum 14: 44, pl. 1362.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Aciachne in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 September 8. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Aciachne in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Sept. 21. Reference page.
Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2013) Aciachne - in GrassBase the Online World Grass Flora. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Sept. 21.
Tropicos.org 2013. Aciachne. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Sept. 21.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Aciachne. Published online. Accessed: 21. Sept. 2013.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Aciachne. .

Aciachne is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family.[1][2][3][4][5]

Species[6]

Aciachne acicularis Laegaard - Costa Rica, Venezuela (Táchira, Mérida), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina (Catamarca)
Aciachne flagellifera Laegaard - Colombia, Ecuador
Aciachne pulvinata Benth. - Costa Rica, Venezuela (Mérida), Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

See also

List of Poaceae genera

References

Bentham, George 1881. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 14: pages 44-45 descriptions in Latin, commentary and figure captions in English
Bentham, George 1881. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 14: plate 1362 line drawing of Aciachne pulvinata
Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
Laegaard, S. 1987. The genus Aciachne (Poaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 7(6): 667–672.
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families