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Apocopis

Apocopis is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family, widespread in China, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia, including several species endemic to Myanmar (Burma).Species

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Apocopis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Germainiinae
Genus: Apocopis
Nees
Type species
Apocopis royleana
(syn of A. paleacea)1
Synonyms2
  • Amblyachyrum Hochst. ex Steud.

Apocopis is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family, widespread in China, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia, including several species endemic to Myanmar (Burma).34567

Species28
  • Apocopis anomala Bor - Myanmar
  • Apocopis breviglumis Keng & S.L.Chen - Sichuan, Yunnan
  • Apocopis burmanica V.Naray. ex Bor - Myanmar
  • Apocopis cochinchinensis A.Camus - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Apocopis collina Balansa - Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra
  • Apocopis courtallumensis (Steud.) Henrard - - Thailand, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka
  • Apocopis floccosa Bor - Myanmar
  • Apocopis intermedia (A.Camus) Chai-Anan - China, Indochina
  • Apocopis mangalorensis (Hochst. ex Steud.) Henrard - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
  • Apocopis paleacea (Trin.) Hochr. - China, Himalayas, Indochina, Pen Malaysia
  • Apocopis peguensis Bor - Myanmar
  • Apocopis pulcherrima Bor - Myanmar
  • Apocopis schmidiana A.Camus - Vietnam, Cambodia
  • Apocopis siamensis A.Camus - Thailand
  • Apocopis vaginata Hack. - Himalayas, Myanmar
  • Apocopis wrightii Munro - China, Indochina
Formerly included2

see Dichanthium Lophopogon

  • Apocopis pallida - Dichanthium caricosum
  • Apocopis tridentata - Lophopogon tridentatus
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