Lithachne

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Bambusoideae
Tribus: Olyreae
Subtribus: Olyrinae
Genus: Lithachne
Species: L. horizontalis – L. humilis – L. pauciflora – L. pinetii
Name

Lithachne P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 135 (1812)
Type species: Lithachne pauciflora (Sw.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 135 (1812)

References

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812) Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 135, 166, 168, t. 24, f. 2.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Lithachne in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 21. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Lithachne. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 21.
Tropicos.org 2013. Lithachne. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Lithachne. Published online. Accessed: 21 Nov. 2013.

Lithachne is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]

Species[1][5]

Lithachne horizontalis Chase - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Mato Grosso
Lithachne humilis Soderstr. - Honduras
Lithachne pauciflora (Sw.) P.Beauv. - widespread from Jalisco to Paraguay
Lithachne pinetii (C.Wright) Chase - Cuba

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 135 in Latin
Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XXIV (24), figure II (2) line drawings of Lithachne pauciflora
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Chase, A. 1935. Studies in the Gramineae of Brazil. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 25: 188–193