Isachne

<i>Isachne</i>

Isachne

Genus of grasses

Isachne is a widespread genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family, found in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.[3][4] They may be known generally as bloodgrasses.[5][2]

Quick Facts Isachne, Scientific classification ...

These are annual and perennial grasses. The stems are hollow, the leaves are often nerved, and the inflorescence may be an open or narrow panicle. The spikelets are rounded to spherical.[4] Many species are aquatic. Isachne globosa is a weed of rice cultivation.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

Species[1][12][13]
formerly included[1]

see Chascolytrum Coelachne Cyrtococcum Panicum Streptostachys

  • Isachne biflora - Panicum brevifolium
  • Isachne brachyglumis - Coelachne simpliciuscula
  • Isachne fauriei - Panicum sarmentosum
  • Isachne filifolia - Panicum brazzavillense
  • Isachne gardneri - Panicum gardneri
  • Isachne hackelii - Chascolytrum poimorphum
  • Isachne hispidula - Coelachne simpliciuscula
  • Isachne jardinii - Cyrtococcum chaetophoron
  • Isachne kidumaensis - Panicum nervatum
  • Isachne kingundaensis - Cyrtococcum chaetophoron
  • Isachne kinshasaensis - Panicum brazzavillense
  • Isachne lamarckii - Panicum brevifolium
  • Isachne margaritifera - Panicum margaritiferum
  • Isachne mayocoensis - Panicum trichoides
  • Isachne nervata - Panicum nervatum
  • Isachne obscurans - Panicum hippothrix
  • Isachne perpusilla - Coelachne perpusilla
  • Isachne poimorpha - Chascolytrum poimorphum
  • Isachne prostrata - Panicum horticola
  • Isachne refracta - Panicum hochstetteri
  • Isachne sapinii - Panicum strictissimum
  • Isachne simpliciuscula - Coelachne simpliciuscula
  • Isachne streptostachys - Streptostachys asperifolia
  • Isachne tricarinata - Panicum brevifolium
  • Isachne trochainii - Panicum tenellum
  • Isachne wombaliensis - Panicum nervatum

References

  1. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. [2]
    Tropicos, Isachne R.Br.
  3. [3]
    Brown, Robert 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 196 in Latin
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    Isachne. Flora of Taiwan: Gramineae.
  5. [5]
    Isachne. USDA PLANTS.
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    Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. 1992 onwards. Isachne. The Grass Genera of the World. Version: 18 December 2012.
  7. [7]
    Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 554 柳叶箬属 liu ye ruo shu Isachne R. Brown, Prodr. 196. 1810.
  8. [8]
    Atlas of Living Australia
  9. [9]
    Iskandar, E. A. P. & J. F. Veldkamp. 2004. A revision of Malesian Isachne sect. Isachne (Gramineae, Panicoideae, Isachneae). Reinwardtia 12(2): 159–179
  10. [10]
    Longhi-Wagner, H. M. & C. A. D. Welker. 2014. A new species of Isachne (Poaceae, Micrairoideae) from Brazil and a synopsis of the Brazilian species of the genus. Systematic Botany 39(3):845-849. 2014 39(3): 845–849, figures 1–2
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    Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420
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    The Plant List search for Isachne
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    Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
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    Harris, M. O.; Stuart, J. J.; Mohan, M.; Nair, S.; Lamb, R. J.; Rohfritsch, O. (2003). "Grasses and Gall Midges: Plant Defense and Insect Adaptation". Annual Review of Entomology. 48 (1). Annual Reviews: 549–577. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.48.091801.112559. ISSN 0066-4170. PMID 12460937.
  • Isachne. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Isachne. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora.
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