Coelorachis is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas.Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore. 1831. Voyage Autour du Monde 2(2): 64, f. 14Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora , its taxonomic status is confused.
Taxonomy The genus Coelorachis was erected by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart in 1831. Two misspellings (orthographic variants) have created some confusion. In 1836, Stephan Endlicher used the spelling Coelorhachis. In 1882, Ferdinand von Mueller used the spelling Coelorrhacis.
, sources varied in their treatment of the genus. Some treated it as a synonym of the genus Mnesithea.Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 642 毛俭草属 mao jian cao shu Mnesithea Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 153. 1829. Others, like the World Flora Online, treated it as a synonym of the genus Rottboellia. Plants of the World Online treated it as a synonym of the genus Eremochloa.
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesThe Plant List search for CoelorachisBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps Coelorachis afraurita (Stapf) Stapf - tropical Africa Coelorachis aurita (Steud.) A.Camus - tropical America from Chiapas + Trinidad to Paraguay Coelorachis balansae (Hack.) A.Camus - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay Coelorachis cancellata (Ridl.) Bor - Bangka, Pen Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam Coelorachis capensis Stapf - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal Coelorachis clarkei (Hack.) Blatt. & McCann - India, Myanmar Coelorachis cylindrica (Michx.) Nash - southeastern + south-central USA Coelorachis geminata (Hack.) Clayton - Pen Malaysia, Thailand, Kalimantan Coelorachis glandulosa (Trin.) Stapf ex Ridl. - Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Coelorachis helferi (Hook.f.) Henrard - Pen Malaysia, Indochina Coelorachis impressa (Griseb.) Nash - Cuba Coelorachis khasiana (Hack.) Stapf ex Bor - Yunnan, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar Coelorachis lepidura Stapf - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique Coelorachis parodiana Henrard - Paraguay, Argentina Coelorachis ramosa (E.Fourn.) Nash - tropical America from Veracruz to southern Brazil Coelorachis rottboellioides (R.Br.) A.Camus - Australia, New Guinea, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands Coelorachis rugosa (Nutt.) Nash - Cuba; USA from Texas to New Jersey Coelorachis selloana (Hack.) A.Camus - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay Coelorachis striata (Steud.) A.Camus - Yunnan, Indochina, eastern Himalayas Coelorachis tessellata (Steud.) Nash - USA (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi) Coelorachis tuberculosa (Nash) Nash - Cuba; USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia)
formerly included see Eremochloa Hemarthria Lasiurus Mnesithea Phacelurus Rhytachne Rottboellia
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