Orthoclada

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Zeugiteae
Genus: Orthoclada
Species: O. africana – O. laxa
Name

Orthoclada P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 69 (1812)
Type species: Orthoclada laxa (Rich.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 69 (1812)

References

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812) Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 69.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Orthoclada in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Orthoclada. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
Tropicos.org 2013. Orthoclada. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Orthoclada. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.

Orthoclada is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.[1][2][3]

Species[4][5]

Orthoclada africana C.E.Hubb. - Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia
Orthoclada laxa (Rich.) P.Beauv. - southern Mexico, Central America, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

References

Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie pages 69-70 in Latin
Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XIV (14), figure IX (9 a-e) line drawings of Orthoclada rariflora (syn of O. laxa); figure captions in French on caption page 10
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
The Plant List search for Orthoclada