Megalachne

Megalachne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Megalachne
Steud.
Type species
Megalachne berteroniana
Steud.
Synonyms[1]

Pantathera Phil.

Megalachne is a genus of Chilean plants in the grass family, found only on the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Chile.[2][3][4][5]

Species[6]
  1. Megalachne berteroniana Steud.
  2. Megalachne masafuerana (Pilg.) Matthei
formerly included[1]

see Eriachne

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Skottsberg, Carl Johan Fredrik & Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1920. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 16: 385-386 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  3. ↑ Matthei, Oscar R. 1974. Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 48: 171, f. 1a, c–e in Spanish
  4. ↑ Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von. 1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 237 in Latin
  5. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Megalachne


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