Steirachne

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Eragrostideae
Subtribus: Eragrostidinae
Genus: Steirachne
Species: S. barbata – S. diandra
Name

Steirachne Ekman, Ark. Bot. 10(17): 35 (1911)
Type species: Steirachne diandra Ekman, Ark. Bot. 10(17): 36 (1911)

References

Ekman, E.L. (1917) Arkiv för Botanik utgivet av K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 10(17): 35, t. 5, f. 1, t. 6, f. 17, text f. 1–2.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Steirachne 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, Steirachne. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 13.
Tropicos.org 2013. Steirachne. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 13.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Steirachne. Published online. Accessed: 13 Nov. 2013.
GBIF.

Steirachne is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.[1][2][3][4]

Species[5][6][7][8]

Steirachne barbata (Trin.) Renvoize - Brazil (Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Pará, Minas Gerais), Guyana (Rupununi), Venezuela (Guárico, Apure, Bolívar)
Steirachne diandra Ekman - Brazil (Pará, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Maranhão), Venezuela (Guárico, Apure, Bolívar)

References

Ekman, Erik Leonard. 1911. Arkiv för Botanik utgivet av K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 10(17): 35-38 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German, line drawings and schematic diagrams of flowers of Steirachne diandra
Ekman, Erik Leonard. 1911. Arkiv för Botanik utgivet av K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 10(17): plate 5, figure 1 photo of inflorescence of Steirachne diandra; scroll down for another photo on plate 6, figure 17
Tropicos, Steirachne Ekman
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
Judziewicz, E. J. 1990. Family 187. Poaceae (Gramineae). 8: 1–727. In A. R. A. Görts-van Rijn (ed.) Flora of the Guianas. Series A, Phanerogams. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein
Renvoize, S. A. 1984. Grasses of Bahia 1–301. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew