Ochthochloa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: incertae sedis
Genus: Ochthochloa
Species: O. compressa
Name

Ochthochloa Edgew., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 11: 26, 27 (1842)
monotypic taxon

References

Edgeworth, M.P. (1942) Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11: 26–27.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Ochthochloa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 13. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Ochthochloa. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 13.
Tropicos.org 2013. Ochthochloa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 13.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Ochthochloa. Published online. Accessed: 13 Nov. 2013.
GBIF.

Ochthochloa is a genus of desert plants in the grass family native to the Sahara and Arabian Deserts.[3][4][5] The only known species is Ochthochloa compressa, whose native range extends from Algeria to Uttarakhand.[1][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
The International Plant Names Index
Edgeworth, Michael Pakenham 1842. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11: 26–27
Tropicos, Ochthochloa Edgew.
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
The Plant List search for Ochthochloa
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