Polytrias

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Apludinae
Genus: Polytrias
Species: P. indica
Name

Polytrias Hack. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(2): 24 (1889)
monotypic taxon

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Aethonopogon Hack. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 788 (1891), pro syn.

References

Hackel, E. (1889) Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 2(2): 24.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Polytrias in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Polytrias. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27.
Tropicos.org 2013. Polytrias. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Polytrias. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013.

Polytrias is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family, commonly called Java grass Batiki bluegrass, Indian murainagrass, or toto grass.[4][3] The only known species is Polytrias indica, native to West Africa (from Senegal to Cameroon), Seychelles, the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Fiji, and Micronesia. It is also cultivated as a lawn grass in other tropical regions, and naturalized in scattered locations in tropical North and South America.[1][2][5]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 592 单序草属 dan xu cao shu Polytrias Hackel in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(2): 24. 1887.
Tropicos, Polytrias Hack.
Hackel, Eduard 1887. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 2(2): 24. in German
Bor, N. L. 1960. Grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford