Mesosetum

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: Mesosetum
Species: M. agropyroides – M. alatum – M. annuum – M. ansatum – M. arenarium – M. bifarium – M. blakei – M. cayennense – M. chaseae – M. chlorostachyum – M. comatum – M. compressum – M. elytrochaetum – M. exaratum – M. ferrugineum – M. filifolium – M. gibbosum – M. loliiforme – M. longiaristatum – M. pappophorum – M. penicillatum – M. pittieri – M. rottboelliodes – M. rottboellioides – M. sclerochloa – M. wrighti
Name

Mesosetum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 118 (1854)
Type species: Mesosetum cayennense Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 118 (1854)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Bifaria (Hack.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 359 (1898), nom. illeg.
Peniculus Swallen, Amer. J. Bot. 19: 581 (1932)

References

Steudel, E.G. von (1854) Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 118.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Mesosetum 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, Mesosetum. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
Tropicos.org 2013. Mesosetum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Mesosetum. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.

Mesosetum is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, native to North and South America including the West Indies.[2][3]

Species[4][1]

Mesosetum agropyroides Mez
Mesosetum alatum Filg.
Mesosetum annuum Swallen
Mesosetum ansatum (Trin.) Kuhlm.
Mesosetum arenarium Swallen
Mesosetum bifarium (Hack.) Chase
Mesosetum blakei Swallen
Mesosetum cayennense Steud.
Mesosetum chaseae Luces
Mesosetum chlorostachyum (Döll) Chase
Mesosetum comatum Swallen
Mesosetum compressum Swallen
Mesosetum elytrochaetum (Hack.) Swallen
Mesosetum exaratum (Trin.) Chase
Mesosetum ferrugineum (Trin.) Chase
Mesosetum filifolium F.T.Hubb.
Mesosetum gibbosum Renvoize & Filg.
Mesosetum loliiforme (Steud.) Hitchc.
Mesosetum longiaristatum Filg.
Mesosetum pappophorum (Nees) Kuhlm.
Mesosetum penicillatum Mez
Mesosetum pittieri Hitchc.
Mesosetum rottboellioides (Kunth) Hitchc.
Mesosetum sclerochloa (Trin.) Hitchc.
Mesosetum stoloniferum Swallen
Mesosetum wrightii Hitchc.

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von. 1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 118 in Latin
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
The Plant List search for Mesosetum