Centotheca Explained
Centotheca is a genus of African, Asian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.[1] [2]
- Species[3] [4]
- Centotheca lappacea (L.) Desv. - tropical western + central Africa; Madagascar, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, numerous islands of the Pacific aka หญ้า ฮี ยุ่ม hee yum grass in Thai
- Centotheca philippinensis (Merr.) C.Monod - Philippines, New Guinea
- Centotheca uniflora Swallen - Vietnam
- formerly included
- Centotheca madagascariensis - Megastachya madagascariensis
- Centotheca malabarica - Diplachne fusca
- Centotheca maxima - Megastachya mucronata
- Centotheca mucronata - Megastachya mucronata
- Centotheca owariensis - Megastachya mucronata
- Centotheca urekana - Megastachya mucronata
See also
Notes and References
- Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 189
- http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00111.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Centotheca The Plant List search for Centotheca
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=106027 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 445 假淡竹叶属 jia dan zhu ye shu Centotheca Desvaux