Megastachya

Megastachya is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[5][6][7]

Species[8][3]

• Megastachya madagascariensis (Lam.) Chase - Madagascar
• Megastachya mucronata (Poir.) P.Beauv. - Madagascar, South Africa, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, etc.[4][9][10]

Formerly included[8]

Megastachya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Tribe:	Centotheceae
Genus:	Megastachya P.Beauv.
Type species
Megastachya owariensis[1][2] (syn of M. mucronata)[3] P.Beauv.
Synonyms[4]
Magastachya P.Beauv., alternate spelling Eragrostis unranked Megastachya (P. Beauv.) Nees Eragrostis sect. Megastachya (P. Beauv.) Benth. Eragrostis ser. Megastachyae (P. Beauv.) Benth. & Hook.f. Eragrostis subsect. Megastachya (P. Beauv.) Benth.

numerous species once regarded as part of Megastachya but now considered better suited to other genera: Catapodium Desmostachya Distichlis Enteropogon Eragrostis Glyceria Halopyrum Leptochloa Poa

References

1. lectotype designated by Niles & Chase Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 182. 1925
2. The International Plant Names Index
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Tropicos, Megastachya P. Beauv.
5. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 74, 167 in Latin
6. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure V (5 a-c) line drawings of Megastachya owariensis (identified on caption page 11), (syn of Megastachya mucronata)
7. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
8. The Plant List search for Megastachya
9. Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
10. Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420