Ochthochloa

Ochthochloa is a genus of desert plants in the grass family native to the Sahara and Arabian Deserts.[3][4][5] The only known species is Ochthochloa compressa, whose native range extends from Algeria to Uttarakhand.[1][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Ochthochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
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Monocots
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Order:
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Genus:
Ochthochloa

Species:
O. compressa
Binomial name
Ochthochloa compressa
(Forssk.) Hilu
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Ochthocloa Edgew., alternate spelling
  • Panicum compressum Forssk.
  • Eleusine compressa (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf. ex C.Chr.
  • Cynosurus ternatus Forssk.
  • Eleusine stolonifera R.Br.
  • Eleusine flagellifera Nees
  • Ochthochloa dactyloides Edgew.
  • Eleusine caespitosa A.Rich.
  • Eleusine arabica Hochst. ex Steud.

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. The International Plant Names Index
  3. Edgeworth, Michael Pakenham 1842. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11: 26–27
  4. Tropicos, Ochthochloa Edgew.
  5. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. The Plant List search for Ochthochloa
  7. Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  8. Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  9. Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  10. Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  11. Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  12. Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  13. Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  14. Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the United Arab Emirates: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  15. Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo. Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  16. Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  17. Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.


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