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Eustachys

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Eustachys
Eustachys petraea
Midway Atoll, Pacific Ocean
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Eustachys
Desv. 1810 [1] not Salisb. 1866 (syn of Ornithogalum)
Type species
Eustachys petraea
Synonyms[2]
  • Chloroides Fisch. ex Regel
  • Schultesia Spreng.

Eustachys (fan grass or fingergrass) is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is native primarily to warmer parts of the Americas, with a few species in Africa and Asia.[3][4][5]

Species

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Species include:[2][6][7][8]

Open florets on the extended (green) rachilla of an E. paspaloides spikelet, showing the white anthers below, and feathery stigmas above.

Former species

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Some species formerly under Eustachys are under the genera Chloris or Ornithogalum, they include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b  The Genus Eustachys was first named and described in "Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 188. 1810". "Plant Name Details for Poaceae Eustachys' Desv". IPNI. Retrieved May 2, 2011. Type Information: Type Name: E. petraea (Sw.) Desv. ('petraeus') (Chloris petraea Sw.
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ^ Molina, A. M. 1996. Revisión taxonómica del género Eustachys Desv. (Poaceae: Chloridoideae, Cynodonteae) de Sudamérica. Candollea 51(1): 225–272
  6. ^ The Plant List search for Eustachys
  7. ^ Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744. In P. M. Jørgensen, M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck (eds.) Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
  8. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps