Uranthoecium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Cenchrinae
Genus: Uranthoecium
Species: U. truncatum
Name

Uranthoecium Stapf, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 31: t.3073 (1916)
monotypic taxon

References

Stapf, O. (1916) Hooker's Icones Plantarum 31: t. 3073.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Uranthoecium 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, Uranthoecium. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
Tropicos.org 2013. Uranthoecium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 30.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Uranthoecium. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov. 2013.

Uranthoecium is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2][3][4] The only known species is Uranthoecium truncatum, native to Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory, and Western Australia.[1][5] A common name is flat-stem grass.[6]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Stapf, Otto. 1916. Icones plantarum or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the author's herbarium 31: plate 3073 plus 2 subsequent text pages descriptions in Latin, commentary in English, full-page line drawing
Tropicos, Uranthoecium Stapf
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia
Atlas of Living Australia, Uranthoecium truncatum (Maiden & Betche) Stapf, Flat-stem Grass