Arthraxon, commonly known as carpetgrass,[5] is a genus of Asian, African and Australian plants in the grass family, Poaceae,[6][7] containing the following species:[4]
| Arthraxon | |
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| Arthraxon hispidus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Arthraxoninae Benth. |
| Genus: | Arthraxon P.Beauv., 1812[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Arthraxon ciliaris (syn of A. hispidus) | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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- Arthraxon antsirabensis – Madagascar
- Arthraxon castratus – Hainan, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Java
- Arthraxon cuspidatus – Ethiopia, Oman
- Arthraxon depressus – India
- Arthraxon echinatus – India, Nepal, Yunnan
- Arthraxon epectinatus – China, Himalayas
- Arthraxon hispidus – Asia, Africa, Australia, Indian Ocean islands
- Arthraxon inermis – India
- Arthraxon jubatus – Kerala
- Arthraxon junnarensis – Yunnan, India, Oman
- Arthraxon lanceolatus – eastern Africa, southern Asia
- Arthraxon lancifolius – Africa, southern Asia
- Arthraxon meeboldii – India
- Arthraxon microphyllus – Himalayas, Yunnan, Thailand
- Arthraxon multinervis – Guizhou
- Arthraxon nudus – southern Asia
- Arthraxon prionodes – eastern Africa, southern Asia
- Arthraxon raizadae – India
- Arthraxon santapaui – India, Himalayas
- Arthraxon submuticus – Himalayas, Yunnan
- Arthraxon typicus – Yunnan, Guangdong, Himalayas, Indochina, Java
- Arthraxon villosus – India
Several species now in the genera Dimeria and Microstegium were formerly included in Arthraxon:[4]
- Arthraxon batangensis – Microstegium batangense
- Arthraxon hohenackeri – Dimeria hohenackeri
- Arthraxon lanceolatus and Arthraxon nodosus – Microstegium vimineum
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 111-112 description in Latin, commentary in French
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XI (11), figure VI (6 a-d) line drawings of Arthraxon ciliaris; figure captions in French on caption page 9
- ^ Tropicos, Arthraxon P. Beauv.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 362. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora
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