Mesosetum

Genus of grasses

Mesosetum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Paspaleae
Subtribe: Arthropogoninae
Genus: Mesosetum
Steud.
Type species
Mesosetum cayennense
Steud.
Synonyms[1]
  • Bifaria (Hack.) Kuntze 1898, illegitimate homonym not Tiegh. 1896 (Santalaceae)
  • Peniculus Swallen

Mesosetum is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, native to North and South America including the West Indies.[2][3]

Species[4][1]
  • Mesosetum agropyroides Mez
  • Mesosetum alatum Filg.
  • Mesosetum annuum Swallen
  • Mesosetum ansatum (Trin.) Kuhlm.
  • Mesosetum arenarium Swallen
  • Mesosetum bifarium (Hack.) Chase
  • Mesosetum blakei Swallen
  • Mesosetum cayennense Steud.
  • Mesosetum chaseae Luces
  • Mesosetum chlorostachyum (Döll) Chase
  • Mesosetum comatum Swallen
  • Mesosetum compressum Swallen
  • Mesosetum elytrochaetum (Hack.) Swallen
  • Mesosetum exaratum (Trin.) Chase
  • Mesosetum ferrugineum (Trin.) Chase
  • Mesosetum filifolium F.T.Hubb.
  • Mesosetum gibbosum Renvoize & Filg.
  • Mesosetum loliiforme (Steud.) Hitchc.
  • Mesosetum longiaristatum Filg.
  • Mesosetum pappophorum (Nees) Kuhlm.
  • Mesosetum penicillatum Mez
  • Mesosetum pittieri Hitchc.
  • Mesosetum rottboellioides (Kunth) Hitchc.
  • Mesosetum sclerochloa (Trin.) Hitchc.
  • Mesosetum stoloniferum Swallen
  • Mesosetum wrightii Hitchc.

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von. 1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 118 in Latin
  3. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ^ The Plant List search for Mesosetum
Taxon identifiers
Mesosetum


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