Coelorachis Explained

Coelorachis is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas.^{[1] [2]}

Coelorhachis is treated by some sources as part of the genus Mnesithea, so the following species can generally be found under that name in those listings.^{[3] [4]}

Species^{[5] [6] [7]}

• Coelorachis afraurita (Stapf) Stapf - tropical Africa
• Coelorachis aurita (Steud.) A.Camus - tropical America from Chiapas + Trinidad to Paraguay
• Coelorachis balansae (Hack.) A.Camus - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay
• Coelorachis cancellata (Ridl.) Bor - Bangka, Pen Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
• Coelorachis capensis Stapf - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal
• Coelorachis clarkei (Hack.) Blatt. & McCann - India, Myanmar
• Coelorachis cylindrica (Michx.) Nash - southeastern + south-central USA
• Coelorachis geminata (Hack.) Clayton - Pen Malaysia, Thailand, Kalimantan
• Coelorachis glandulosa (Trin.) Stapf ex Ridl. - Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
• Coelorachis helferi (Hook.f.) Henrard - Pen Malaysia, Indochina
• Coelorachis impressa (Griseb.) Nash - Cuba
• Coelorachis khasiana (Hack.) Stapf ex Bor - Yunnan, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar
• Coelorachis lepidura Stapf - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
• Coelorachis parodiana Henrard - Paraguay, Argentina
• Coelorachis ramosa (E.Fourn.) Nash - tropical America from Veracruz to southern Brazil
• Coelorachis rottboellioides (R.Br.) A.Camus - Australia, New Guinea, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands
• Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash - Cuba; USA from Texas to New Jersey
• Coelorachis selloana (Hack.) A.Camus - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay
• Coelorachis striata (Steud.) A.Camus - Yunnan, Indochina, eastern Himalayas
• Coelorachis tessellata (Steud.) Nash - USA (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi)
• Coelorachis tuberculosa (Nash) Nash - Cuba; USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia)

formerly included^[5] see Eremochloa Hemarthria Lasiurus Mnesithea Phacelurus Rhytachne Rottboellia

Notes and References

1. Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore. 1831. Voyage Autour du Monde 2(2): 64, f. 14
2. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00144.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=120873 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 642 毛俭草属 mao jian cao shu Mnesithea Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 153. 1829.
4. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:419191#tab_classification Atlas of Living Australia, Mnesithea Kunth, Jointtail Grass
5. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451280 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
6. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Coelorachis The Plant List search for Coelorachis
7. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Coelorachis Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps