Eustachys
| Eustachys | |
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| Eustachys petraea Midway Atoll, Pacific Ocean | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Eleusininae |
| Genus: | Eustachys Desv. 1810 [1] not Salisb. 1866 (syn of Ornithogalum) |
| Type species | |
| Eustachys petraea | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Eustachys (fan grass or fingergrass) is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is native primarily to warmer parts of the Americas, with a few species in Africa and Asia.[3][4][5]
Species[edit]
- Eustachys bahiensis (Steud.) Herter - Brazil (Bahia, Paraná, Pernambuco), Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz), Uruguay, Argentina
- Eustachys brevipila (Roseng. & Izag.) Caro & E.A.Sánchez - Uruguay, Argentina (Corrientes, Entre Rios), Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul)
- Eustachys calvescens (Hack.) Caro & E.A.Sánchez - Uruguay, Argentina (Misiones), Paraguay, Brazil (Mato Grosso, Paraná, Santa Catarina)
- Eustachys caribaea (Spreng.) Herter - Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia; naturalized in United States (TX LA MS GA)
- Eustachys distichophylla Nees - Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru; naturalized in United States (CA AL GA FL)
- Eustachys floridana Chapm. - United States (AL GA FL)
- Eustachys glauca Chapm. - United States (MS AL GA FL SC NC)
- Eustachys neglecta (Nash) Nash - United States (AL TX FL)
- Eustachys paranensis A.M.Molina - Brazil (Paraná)
- Eustachys paspaloides (Vahl) Lanza & Mattei - Oman, Yemen, eastern + southern Africa from Eritrea to Cape Province
- Eustachys petraea (Sw.) Desv. - United States (TX LA MS AL GA FL SC NC PA NY), Mexico, West Indies (Bahamas, Greater + Lesser Antilles), Central + South America; naturalized on various Pacific Islands (Hawaii, Midway, Carolines, Marianas, Kiribati)
- Eustachys retusa (Lag.) Kunth - Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia; naturalized in United States (TX FL GA SC NY)
- Eustachys swalleniana A.M.Molina - Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay (Cerro Largo)
- Eustachys tenera (J.S.Presl) A.Camus - New Guinea, southeast Asia, southern China incl Taiwan
- Eustachys uliginosa (Hack.) Herter - Uruguay, Argentina (Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones), Paraguay, Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
Former species[edit]
Some species formerly under Eustachys are under the genera Chloris or Ornithogalum, they include:[2]
- Eustachys gayana - Chloris gayana
- Eustachys polystachya - Chloris submutica
- Eustachys submutica - Chloris submutica
- Eustachys latifolia - Ornithogalum arabicum
- Eustachys pyramidale - Ornithogalum pyramidale
References[edit]
- ^ a b The Genus Eustachys was first named and described in "Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 188. 1810". "Plant Name Details for Poaceae Eustachys' Desv". IPNI. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
Type Information: Type Name: E. petraea (Sw.) Desv. ('petraeus') (Chloris petraea Sw.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Molina, A. M. 1996. Revisión taxonómica del género Eustachys Desv. (Poaceae: Chloridoideae, Cynodonteae) de Sudamérica. Candollea 51(1): 225–272
- ^ The Plant List search for Eustachys
- ^ Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744. In P. M. Jørgensen, M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck (eds.) Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps