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Sphaerocaryum
Sign in to saveSphaerocaryum is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Sphaerocaryum malaccense, native to southern China, Indochina, the Indian subcontinent, Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines, and Sumatra. (Isachne pulchella was formerly included in this genus, as Sphaerocaryum pulchellum.)
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Sphaerocaryum, and connects out to China, Asia and Philippines.
It is catalogued under topics including Micrairoideae, Monotypic Poaceae genera and Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- MICH, MO
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Taiwan, Sri Lanka
Wikidata facts
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- taxon name
- Sphaerocaryum
- taxon common name
- 稗荩属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Sphaerocaryum is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Sphaerocaryum malaccense, native to southern China, Indochina, the Indian subcontinent, Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines, and Sumatra. (Isachne pulchella was formerly included in this genus, as Sphaerocaryum pulchellum.)
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sphaerocaryum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.