Pseudechinolaena Explained

Pseudechinolaena is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family, all but one species endemic to Madagascar.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species^[5]

• Pseudechinolaena camusiana Bosser - Madagascar
• Pseudechinolaena madagascariensis (A.Camus) Bosser - Madagascar
• Pseudechinolaena moratii Bosser - Madagascar
• Pseudechinolaena perrieri A.Camus - Madagascar
• Pseudechinolaena polystachya (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Stapf - tropical - southern Africa, Asia (China, Indian Subcontinent, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia), New Guinea, Latin America (from central Mexico to Uruguay)
• Pseudechinolaena tenuis Bosser - Madagascar

Formerly includedsee Echinochloa

• Pseudechinolaena helodes - Echinochloa helodes
• Pseudechinolaena inflexa - Echinochloa inflexa
• Pseudechinolaena spectabilis - Echinochloa polystachya

Notes and References

1. Stapf, Otto. 1919. Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 494
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/356396#page/65/mode/1up Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1897. Flora of British India 7(21): 28, 58
3. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00519.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=126934 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 500 钩毛草属 gou mao cao shu Pseudechinolaena Stapf, Prain, Fl. Trop. Africa. 9: 494. 1919.
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Pseudechinolaena The Plant List search for Pseudechinolaena