Elytrophorus Explained

Elytrophorus is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Species^[7]

• Elytrophorus globularis Hack. – Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Limpopo, Namibia
• Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.Camus – tropical Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Hainan, Yunnan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Australia

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394146#page/151/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 67
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394146#page/299/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XIV (14), figure II (2 a-e)
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=111524 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 450 总苞草属 zong bao cao shu Elytrophorus P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 67. 1812.
4. http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1166-1 Sanbi Red List of South African Plants. Elytrophorus globularis Hack.
5. Web site: Atlas of Living Australia, Elytrophorus P.Beauv. . 2015-03-30 . 2016-04-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160406133731/http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:575448 . dead .
6. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00220.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
7. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Elytrophorus The Plant List search for Elytrophorus