Echinolaena | |
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Echinolaena inflexa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
(unranked): | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
Tribe: | Paspaleae |
Genus: |
Echinolaena Desv. |
Type species | |
Echinolaena hirta (syn. of E. inflexa) Desv. |
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Echinolaena is a genus of plants in tribe Paspaleae of the grass family, native to the New World tropics. It includes only two species after the referral of former members to the related genera Hildaea, Ichnanthus, Oedochloa and the more distant Chasechloa (tribe Paniceae) in a 2015 revision.