Echinolaena Explained

Echinolaena is a genus of plants in tribe Paspaleae of the grass family, native to the New World tropics.^{[1] [2]} It includes only two species after the referral of former members to the related genera Hildaea, Ichnanthus, Oedochloa and the more distant Chasechloa (tribe Paniceae) in a 2015 revision.^[2]

Species^[2]

• Echinolaena gracilis - from Yucatán to Bolivia
• Echinolaena inflexa - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Goiás, D.F., São Paulo, Maranhão

formerly included

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44259464#page/83/mode/1up Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin 1813. Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts 1: 75
2. Silva. Christian. Snak. Cristiane. Schnadelbach. Alessandra Selbach. van den Berg. Cássio. Oliveira. Reyjane Patrícia. Phylogenetic relationships of Echinolaena and Ichnanthus within Panicoideae (Poaceae) reveal two new genera of tropical grasses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 93. 2015. 212–233. 1055-7903. 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.07.015. 26231381. 2015MolPE..93..212S .