Megastachya information

Megastachya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Tribe:	Centotheceae
Genus:	Megastachya; P.Beauv.
Type species
	Megastachya owariensis; (syn of M. mucronata); P.Beauv.
Synonyms
	Magastachya P.Beauv., alternate spelling; Eragrostis unranked Megastachya (P. Beauv.) Nees; Eragrostis sect. Megastachya (P. Beauv.) Benth.; Eragrostis ser. Megastachyae (P. Beauv.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Eragrostis subsect. Megastachya (P. Beauv.) Benth.;

Megastachya is a genus of African plants in the grass family.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Species^[8]^[3]

Megastachya madagascariensis (Lam.) Chase – Madagascar
Megastachya mucronata (Poir.) P.Beauv. – Madagascar, South Africa, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, etc.^[4]^[9]^[10]

Formerly included^[8]

numerous species once regarded as part of Megastachya but now considered better suited to other genera: Catapodium Desmostachya Distichlis Enteropogon Eragrostis Glyceria Halopyrum Leptochloa Poa

^ lectotype designated by Niles & Chase Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 182. 1925
^ The International Plant Names Index
^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ ^a ^b Tropicos, Megastachya P. Beauv.
^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 74, 167 in Latin
^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure V (5 a-c) line drawings of Megastachya owariensis (identified on caption page 11), (syn of Megastachya mucronata)
^ "RBG Kew: GrassBase - Megastachya Description". www.kew.org. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
^ ^a ^b The Plant List search for Megastachya Archived 2020-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
^ Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420

[1] totype designated by Niles & Chase Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24: 182. 1925

[2] The International Plant Names Index

[o-3] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[h-4] Tropicos, Megastachya P. Beauv.

[5] Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 74, 167 in Latin

[6] Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XV (15), figure V (5 a-c) line drawings of Megastachya owariensis (identified on caption page 11), (syn of Megastachya mucronata)

[7] "RBG Kew: GrassBase - Megastachya Description". www.kew.org. Retrieved 2023-12-20.

[t-8] The Plant List search for Megastachya Archived 2020-02-21 at the Wayback Machine

[9] Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557

[10] Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420

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