Rhytachne is a genus of plants in the grass family.Hamilton, William. 1825. Prodromus Plantarum Indiae Occidentalis xiv, 11-12 in LatinTropicos, Rhytachne Desv. ex Ham. They grow principally in wet savannahs in Africa and the Americas. More specifically, they tend to prefer transitional zones between marshes and drier upland savannahs. In the Americas, the genus can be found from southern Mexico and Cuba south to northern Argentina, while in Africa it is present in Sub-Saharan Africa, including in Madagascar. Twelve species are included, of which nine are African, two are American, and one, Rhytachne subgibbosa, is found on both continents.Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora The genus is closely related to Coelorachis.Clayton, W. D. 1978. The genus Rhytachne (Gramineae). Kew Bulletin 32(4): 767–771
SpeciesThe Plant List Search for RhytachneCope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, KewHokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de VenezuelaGiraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México D.F. Rhytachne furtiva Clayton - Ghana, Burkina Faso Rhytachne glabra (Gledhill) Clayton - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast Rhytachne gonzalezii Davidse - Suriname, Venezuela (Guárico, Apure), Brazil (Pará) Rhytachne gracilis Stapf - West Africa from Senegal to Cameroon Rhytachne guianensis (Hitchc.) Clayton - Mexico (Tabasco), Venezuela (Guárico, Apure, Amazonas, Bolívar), Guyana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapá, Minas Gerais) Rhytachne latifolia Clayton - Tanzania, Zambia Rhytachne megastachya Jacq.-Fél. Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone Rhytachne perfecta Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea Rhytachne robusta Stapf - Zambia, Angola, Namibia Rhytachne rottboellioides Desv. ex Ham. - Madagascar, tropical + southern Africa Rhytachne subgibbosa (Winkler ex Hack.) Clayton - Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico; Honduras, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Zambia Rhytachne triaristata (Steud.) Stapf - tropical Africa
formerly included see Loxodera Phacelurus Thelepogon Urelytrum
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