Ichnanthus

Bedgrass
Ichnanthus nemoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Paspaleae
Subtribe: Paspalinae
Genus: Ichnanthus
P.Beauv.
Type species
Ichnanthus panicoides
Synonyms
  • Navicularia Raddi 1823, illegitimate homonym not Heist. ex Fabr. 1759 (Lamiaceae)
  • Panicum sect. Ichnanthus (P.Beauv.) Trin.

Ichnanthus, commonly called bedgrass, is a genus of tropical plants in the grass family, widespread in Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.

Species
  • Ichnanthus annuus - Colombia, Venezuela
  • Ichnanthus bambusiflorus - Brazil
  • Ichnanthus breviscrobs - trop South America
  • Ichnanthus calvescens - Mexico, Central + South America, Trinidad
  • Ichnanthus camporum - Brazil
  • Ichnanthus dasycoleus - Central + South America
  • Ichnanthus ephemeroblepharis - Amazon of Brazil + Venezuela
  • Ichnanthus glaber - eastern Brazil
  • Ichnanthus grandifolius - Brazil
  • Ichnanthus hirtus - Colombia, Peru, Brazil
  • Ichnanthus hoffmannseggii - French Guiana, Brazil
  • Ichnanthus inconstans - from Oaxaca to Paraguay
  • Ichnanthus lanceolatus - southern Mexico, Central America
  • Ichnanthus lancifolius - trop South America
  • Ichnanthus leiocarpus - trop South America, Trinidad
  • Ichnanthus leptophyllus - eastern Brazil
  • Ichnanthus longhi-wagnerii - Bahia
  • Ichnanthus longiglumis - southeastern Brazil
  • Ichnanthus mayarensis - Cuba, northern Brazil
  • Ichnanthus mollis - Brazil
  • Ichnanthus nemoralis - Mexico, Central + South America, Trinidad
  • Ichnanthus nemorosus - Mexico, Central + South America, West Indies
  • Ichnanthus pallens - West Africa, Asia (from India to Ryukyu Is to Java), New Guinea, Queensland, Mexico, Central + South America, West Indies
  • Ichnanthus panicoides - Mexico, Central + South America
  • Ichnanthus procurrens - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay
  • Ichnanthus riedelii - Brazil + Venezuela
  • Ichnanthus ruprechtii - trop South America
  • Ichnanthus tarumanensis - Brazil
  • Ichnanthus tectus - Venezuela
  • Ichnanthus tenuis - Mexico, Central + South America, Trinidad
  • Ichnanthus zehntneri - Brazil
formerly included

see Chevalierella Echinolaena Homolepis Ottochloa Panicum Parodiophyllochloa Yakirra

  • Ichnanthus apiculatus - Parodiophyllochloa ovulifera
  • Ichnanthus australiensis - Yakirra australiensis
  • Ichnanthus dewildemanii - Chevalierella dewildemanii
  • Ichnanthus foliolosus - Yakirra foliolosa
  • Ichnanthus gardneri - Panicum chapadense
  • Ichnanthus glaber Link ex Steud. 1854 not (Raddi) Hitchc. 1920 - Panicum virgatum
  • Ichnanthus harmandii - Panicum trachyrhachis
  • Ichnanthus lilloi - Echinolaena minarum
  • Ichnanthus longiflorus - Homolepis longispicula
  • Ichnanthus majusculus - Yakirra majuscula
  • Ichnanthus minarum - Echinolaena minarum
  • Ichnanthus mueensis - Panicum mueense
  • Ichnanthus muelleri - Yakirra muelleri
  • Ichnanthus oblongus - Ottochloa nodosa
  • Ichnanthus oplismenoides - Echinolaena oplismenoides
  • Ichnanthus pauciflorus - Yakirra pauciflora
  • Ichnanthus riparius - Echinolaena minarum
  • Ichnanthus sandiensis - Echinolaena minarum
  • Ichnanthus standleyi - Echinolaena standleyi
  • Ichnanthus trinii - Panicum trinii