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Exotheca

Exotheca is a monotypic genus of African and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.

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Exotheca
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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: Andropogoninae
Genus: Exotheca
Andersson
Species:
E. abyssinica
Binomial name
Exotheca abyssinica
(Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Andersson
Synonyms1
  • Anthistiria abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Andropogon exothecus Hack.
  • Sorghum exothecum (Hack.) Kuntze
  • Hyparrhenia abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Roberty
  • Andropogon monatherus A.Rich.
  • Hyparrhenia monathera (A.Rich.) Schweinf.
  • Sorghum monatherum (A.Rich.) Kuntze
  • Cymbopogon chevalieri A.Camus
  • Exotheca chevalieri (A.Camus) A.Camus ex M.Schmid

Exotheca is a monotypic genus of African and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.234

The only known species is Exotheca abyssinica, which has a disjunct (discontinuous) distribution. It is native to Vietnam, Eastern Africa, and Southeastern Africa (from Eritrea to Mozambique).1567891011

References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Andersson, Nils Johan 1856. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 2: 253-255 description in Latin; figure captions on page 255
  3. Andersson, Nils Johan 1856. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 2: plate 3, figures a-h at lower right line drawings of Exotheca abyssinica
  4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura.
  6. Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  7. Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: I-X, 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  8. Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique , n.s., 132: 1-127.
  9. 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.
  10. Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  11. Camus, Aimée Antoinette 1919. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 25: 134-136 description in Latin, commentary in French; as Cymbopogon chevalieri