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Microcalamus

Microcalamus is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Microcalamus barbinodis, native to central Africa.

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Microcalamus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Boivinellinae
Genus: Microcalamus
Franch. 1889 not Gamble 1890 (syn of Neomicrocalamus)
Species:
M. barbinodis
Binomial name
Microcalamus barbinodis
Synonyms1
  • Microcalamus aspidistrula Stapf
  • Microcalamus convallarioides Stapf
  • Microcalamus aspidistrula f. angustus Stapf
  • Microcalamus aspidistrula f. latus Stapf
  • Microcalamus devosii Vanderyst
  • Microcalamus glaber Stapf

Microcalamus is a genus of African plants in the grass family.2 The only known species is Microcalamus barbinodis, native to central Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic).3456

References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Franchet, Adrien René. 1889.
  3. Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
  4. ORSTOM. 1988. List of Vascular Plants of Gabon with Synonymy. Herbier National du Gabon, Yaounde
  5. Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa , ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
  6. Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.