Coelachyrum Explained

Coelachyrum is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species^[4]

• Coelachyrum brevifolium Hochst. & Nees - Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf sheikdoms
• Coelachyrum lagopoides (Burm.f.) Senaratna - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
• Coelachyrum longiglume Napper - Somalia, Kenya Tanzania
• Coelachyrum piercei (Benth.) Bor - Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf sheikdoms, Pakistan
• Coelachyrum poiflorum Chiov. - Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia,

formerly includedsee Aeluropus Desmazeria

• Coelachyrum annuum - Desmazeria philistaea
• Coelachyrum indicum - Aeluropus lagopoides
• Coelachyrum yemenicum - Disakisperma yemenicum^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109603#page/229/mode/1up Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich & Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel 1842. Linnaea 16(2): 221-223
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40011462 Tropicos, Coelachyrum Hochst. & Nees
3. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00143.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Coelachyrum The Plant List search for Coelachyrum
5. Snow N, Peterson PM, Romaschenko K. 2013. Systematics of Disakisperma (Poaceae, Chloridoideae, Chlorideae). PhytoKeys 26: 21-70.