Urelytrum

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: Rhytachninae
Genus: Urelytrum
Species: U. agropyroides – U. annuum – U. auriculatum – U. digitatum – U. giganteum – U. henrardii – U. muricatum
Name

Urelytrum Hack. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(2): 22, 25 (1887)

References

Hackel, E. (1887) Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 2(2): 22, 25.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Urelytrum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Urelytrum. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
Tropicos.org 2013. Urelytrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 2.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Urelytrum. Published online. Accessed: 2 Dec. 2013.

Urelytrum is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[3]

Species[4]

Urelytrum agropyroides (Hack.) Hack. - Madagascar, tropical + southern Africa
Urelytrum annuum Stapf - West Africa
Urelytrum auriculatum C.E.Hubb. - Nigeria
Urelytrum digitatum K.Schum. - central Africa
Urelytrum giganteum Pilg. - central Africa
Urelytrum henrardii Chippind. - Zaïre, Zambia, Caprivi Strip
Urelytrum isalense A.Camus - Madagascar
Urelytrum muricatum C.E.Hubb. - West Africa

Formerly included[4]

see Loxodera

Urelytrum strigosum - Loxodera strigosa

References

Hackel, Eduard. 1887. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 2(2): 22, 25 in German
Tropicos, Urelytrum Hack.
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families