Sphaerocaryum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Micrairoideae
Tribus: Isachneae
Genus: Sphaerocaryum
Species: S. malaccense
Name

Sphaerocaryum Nees ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 246 (1896)
monotypic taxon

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Graya Arn. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 119 (1854).
Steudelella Honda, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 258 (1930), nom. superfl.

References

Nees von E.C.G.D. (1896) The Flora of British India 7(22): 246.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Sphaerocaryum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Sphaerocaryum. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
Tropicos.org 2013. Sphaerocaryum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Sphaerocaryum. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.
GBIF.

Sphaerocaryum is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5] The only known species is Sphaerocaryum malaccense, native to southern China, Indochina, the Indian Subcontinent, Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines, and Sumatra.[1][6] (Isachne pulchella was formerly included in this genus, as Sphaerocaryum pulchellum.[1])

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel ex Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1896. Flora of British India 7(22): 246-247 entirely in English
Tropicos, Sphaerocaryum Nees ex Hook. f.
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=130877
Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 560 稗荩属 bai jin shu Sphaerocaryum Nees ex J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India. 7: 246. 1896