Homolepis

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: Homolepis
Species: H. aturensis - H. glutinosa - H. isocalycia – H. longispicula – H. villaricensis

Name

Homolepis Chase, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 24: 146 (1911).

Type species: Homolepis aturensis (Kunth) Chase, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 24: 146 (1911)

References

Chase, M.A. 1911. Notes on Genera of Paniceae. IV. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 24: 103–160. BHL Reference page. (!146–147, f. 12)
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Homolepis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. 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, Homolepis. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
Tropicos.org 2013. Homolepis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Homolepis. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.

Homolepis is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family. They are native to Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies.[1][2]

They are annual or perennial grasses. At least one species has short rhizomes and some have stolons. They vary in form, growing erect or decumbent, the stems reaching 15 centimeters to 2 meters long. They are mostly unbranched. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped to oblong. The panicle is open or narrow with spikelets up to 1.1 centimeters long.[3][4]

These grasses grow in open areas and in shade, often in moist and wet habitat.[5][6]

Molecular phylogeny analysis indicates the genus is monophyletic.[7]

Species[8][9][10][11][12][13]

Homolepis aturensis (Kunth) Chase - Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
Homolepis glutinosa (Sw.) Zuloaga & Soderstr. - Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador incl Galápagos, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
Homolepis isocalycia (G.Mey.) Chase - Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Panamá
Homolepis longispicula (Döll) Chase - Brazil (Minas Gerais, Goiás, D.F.)
Homolepis villaricensis (Mez) Zuloaga & Soderstr. - Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes), Brazil (São Paulo, Paraná), Paraguay

References

Chase, Mary Agnes 1911. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 24: 146-148 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English; line drawings of floral features of Homolepis aturensis
Longhi-Wagner, H. M. and R. P. de Oliveira. (2002). New grass records for Bahia State, Brazil. Kew Bulletin 57(4) 971-77.
Homolepis. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora.
Dorr, L. J. 2014. Flora of Guaramacal (Venezuela): Monocotyledons. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 100:i–xiii, 1–287
Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. 1992 onwards. Homolepis Chase. The Grass Genera of the World. Version 18 December 2012.
Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Giussani, L. M., et al. (2001). A molecular phylogeny of the grass subfamily Panicoideae (Poaceae) shows multiple origins of C4 photosynthesis. American Journal of Botany 88(11), 1993-2012.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Homolepis. The Plant List.
GRIN Species Records of Homolepis. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
Longhi-Wagner, H. M., V. Bittich, M. das G. L. Wanderley & G. J. Shepherd. 2001. Poaceae. 1: 1–292. In M. G. L. Wanderly, G. J. Shepherd & A. M. Giulietti (eds.) Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo. Editora Hucitec, São Paulo
Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown
Giraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247