Tricholaena Explained

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

Species^[4]

• Tricholaena capensis (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Nees - Free State, Namibia, Cape Province
• Tricholaena monachne (Trin.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - drier parts of Africa from Kenya to Cape Province; also Ghana, Togo, Madagascar, Réunion, Pakistan
• Tricholaena teneriffae (L.f.) Link - drier parts of Africa from Morocco to Egypt to Tanzania; Canary Islands; Cape Verde, Arabian Peninsula, Middle East, India, Pakistan, Calabria, Sicily^[5]
• Tricholaena vestita (Balf.f.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - Socotra

formerly includedsee Brachiaria Digitaria Eriachne Melinis Miscanthus Paspalum Saccharum

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/798814#page/168/mode/1up Schrader, Heinrich Adolph. 1824. Mantissa 2: 8, 163-165
2. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00650.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=133494 Flora of Pakistan, Tricholaena Schrad. in Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 2. Mant.: 163. 1824.
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Tricholaena The Plant List search for Tricholaena
5. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=tricholaena+teneriffae Altervista Flora Italiana, Panico di Tenerife, Tricholaena teneriffae (L.f.) Link