Poecilostachys

Poecilostachys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Boivinellinae
Genus: Poecilostachys
Hack.
Type species
Poecilostachys hildebrandtii
Synonyms
  • Chloachne Stapf

Poecilostachys is a genus of African plants in the grass family, several of the species found only in Madagascar.

Species
  • Poecilostachys ambositrensis A.Camus
  • Poecilostachys bakeri (Schinz) C.E.Hubb.
  • Poecilostachys baronis Stapf
  • Poecilostachys confertiflora A.Camus
  • Poecilostachys geminata (Baker) Hack.
  • Poecilostachys hildebrandtii Hack.
  • Poecilostachys humbertii A.Camus
  • Poecilostachys mainborondroensis A.Camus
  • Poecilostachys manongarivensis A.Camus
  • Poecilostachys marojejyensis A.Camus
  • Poecilostachys mollis Stapf
  • Poecilostachys muscicola A.Camus
  • Poecilostachys oplismenoides (Hack.) Clayton
  • Poecilostachys tsaratananensis A.Camus
  • Poecilostachys viguieri A.Camus
formerly included

see Oplismenus

  • Poecilostachys stapfii - Oplismenus flavicomus