Spheneria

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: Paspalinae
Genus: Spheneria
Species: S. kegelii
Name

Spheneria Kuhlm., Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5(11): 57 (1922)
monotypic taxon

References

Kuhlmann, J.G. (1922) Commissão de Linhas Telegraphicas, Botanica 67(11): 57, t. 4.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Spheneria 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, Spheneria. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
Tropicos.org 2013. Spheneria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Spheneria. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.

Spheneria is a genus of plants in the grass family.[1][2][3][4][5] The only known species is Spheneria kegelii, native to Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil (States of Pará, Mato Grosso, + Amazonas).[6][7]

References

Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1929. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 26(15): 228
Kuhlmann, João Geraldo. 1922. Relatório, Commissão das Linhas Telegráficas Estratégicas de Matto Grosso ao Amazonas. Anexo, Botanica 67(11): pages 57–58, figure 4
Tropicos, Spheneria Kuhlm.
The International Plant Names Index
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
The Plant List search for Spheneria