Orthoclada is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.Grassbase - The World Online Grass FloraPalisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie pages 69-70 in LatinPalisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XIV (14), figure IX (9 a-e) line drawings of Orthoclada rariflora (syn of O. laxa); figure captions in French on caption page 10
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesThe Plant List search for Orthoclada Orthoclada africana C.E.Hubb. - Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia Orthoclada laxa (Rich.) P.Beauv. - southern Mexico, Central America, Lesser Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
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