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Acroceras
Sign in to saveAcroceras is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Native toAngola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South
Observations recorded9,123
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 125
- With media
- 55
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- US, UEFS, F, UFRGS, NY, INMA
- Recorded in
- Peru, Sri Lanka, Brasil, Brazil, Liberia, Perú, Malaysia, Ghana
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- taxon name
- Acroceras
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Acroceras
- taxon common name
- 凤头黍属
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Acroceras is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family.
The genus is widespread across warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with a high amount of diversity in Madagascar. Species formerly included see Brachiaria Panicum Acroceras paucispicatum - Brachiaria paucispicata Acroceras pilgerianum - Panicum pilgerianum
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acroceras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.