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Hymenachne

Hymenachne
Hymenachne amplexicaulis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Paspaleae
Subtribe: Otachyriinae
Genus: Hymenachne
P.Beauv.[1][2]
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Dallwatsonia B.K.Simon
  • Panicum sect. Hymenachnae (P.Beauv.) Hack.

Hymenachne, synonym Dallwatsonia, is a genus of widespread wetland plants in the grass family Poaceae. They are commonly known as marsh grasses.[5] They are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific Islands.[6] A species from the Americas, H. amplexicaulis, is well known in other parts of the world as an introduced and invasive species.[7]

  1. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie pages 48-49 in Latin
  2. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate X (10), figure VIII (8 a-h) at upper right; line drawings of Hymenachne sp.; figure captions on caption page 8
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference POWO_18255-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Tropicos, Hymenachne P. Beauv.
  5. ^ Hymenachne. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  6. ^ Clarkson, J. R., et al. (2011). A report of hybridisation in Hymenachne (Poaceae, Panicoideae) with description of Hymenachne × calamitosa, a new species of hybrid origin from tropical Australia. Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Telopea 13(1-2), 105-14.
  7. ^ "Hymenachne amplexicaulis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

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