Ekmanochloa

Ekmanochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family endemic to Cuba.[1][2]

Ekmanochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Bambusoideae
Tribe: Olyreae
Subtribe: Olyrinae
Genus: Ekmanochloa
Hitchc.
Type species
Ekmanochloa subaphylla

Description

Its habit is a perennial grass. Culms are erect; 38–63.25–100 cm long. Culm-nodes are constricted or swollen. Leaves are differentiated into sheath and blade, or with blades commonly suppressed, transferring photosynthetic function to sheath and culm. Leaf-blades are linear or lanceolate.[3]

Species

Species include:[4] [5][6]

  • Ekmanochloa aristata Ekman — Sierra de Moa.
  • Ekmanochloa subaphylla C.L.Hitchc. — Sierra de Nipe.

References
  1. Hitchcock, Albert Spear. 1936. Manual of the grasses of the West Indies 374–375. United States Bureau of Plant Industries, Miscellaneous Publication No. 243
  2. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  3. "RBG Kew: GrassBase - EkmanochloaDescription". www.kew.org. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. Zuloaga, F. O., O. Morrone & E. J. Judziewicz. 1993. Endemic herbaceous bamboo genera of Cuba (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Olyreae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 80(4): 846–861
  6. The Plant List search for Ekmanochloa


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