Canastra

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paspaleae
Subtribus: Arthropogoninae
Genus: Canastra
Species: C. aristella – C. lanceolata
Name

Canastra Morrone, Zuloaga, Davidse et Filg., Novon 11: 429 (2001)
Type species: Canastra lanceolata (Filg.) Morrone, Zuloaga, Davidse & Filg., Novon 11: 429 (2001)

References

Morrone, O.N., Zuloaga, F.O., Davidse, G. & Filgueiras, T.S. (2001) Novon 11(4): 429–436, f. 1–4.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Canastra in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Canastra. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27.
Tropicos.org 2013. Canastra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Canastra. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013.
GBIF.

Canastra is a genus of bunchgrass plants in the grass family. Its species are endemic to Brazil.[1][2][3]
Species

Species include:[4]

Canastra aristella (Döll) Zuloaga & Morrone — Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo states.
Canastra lanceolata (Filg.) Morrone, Zuloaga, Davidse & Filg. — Minas Gerais state.[5]

See also

List of Poaceae genera

References

Morrone, O., F. O. Zuloaga, G. Davidse & T. S. Filgueiras. 2001. Canastra, a new genus of Paniceae (Poaceae, Panicoideae) segregated from Arthropogon. Novon 11(4): 429–436.
Zuloaga, F. O., L. M. Giussani & O. Morrone. 2006. On the taxonomic position of Panicum aristellum (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae). Systematic Botany 31(3): 497–505
Döll, Johann Christoph 1877. Flora Brasiliensis 2(2): 221 in Latin, as Panicum aristellum
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Jstor.org: "Canastra, a New Genus of Paniceae (Poaceae, Panicoideae) Segregated from Arthropogon"; Osvaldo Morrone, Fernando O. Zuloaga, Gerrit Davidse and Tarciso S. Filgueiras; Novon Vol. 11, No. 4 (Winter, 2001), pp. 429-436.