''Pharus'', the stalkgrasses, is a genus of
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeogra ...
plants in the
grass family
Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...
.
As an early-diverging genus in its family, it is of interest for the study of the evolution of the grasses. Hence, the genome of ''P. latifolius'' has been sequenced.
Species
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>[Catasus Guerra, L. 1997. Las gramĂneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, I. Fontqueria 46: –ii 1–259.]
*'' Pharus ecuadoricus'' Judz. - Ecuador
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*'' Pharus lappulaceus'' Aubl. - Americas
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from Florida
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+ San Luis PotosĂ
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It ...
to Uruguay
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*''Pharus latifolius
Pharus may refer to:
* Pharus (bivalve), ''Pharus'' (bivalve), a genus of bivalves in the family Pharidae
* Pharus (plant), ''Pharus'' (plant), a genus of grasses
* Pharos (disambiguation), Pharos, Greek name for lighthouses, used for:
** Pharos o ...
'' L. - Americas from Cuba
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+ Veracruz
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to Bolivia
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*'' Pharus mezii'' Prodoehl - southern Mexico
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, Central America
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, Colombia
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, Venezuela
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, Ecuador
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*''Pharus parvifolius
Pharus may refer to:
* ''Pharus'' (bivalve), a genus of bivalves in the family Pharidae
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'' Nash - southern Mexico
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, Central America
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, northern South America
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, West Indies
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*''Pharus virescens
Pharus may refer to:
* ''Pharus'' (bivalve), a genus of bivalves in the family Pharidae
Pharidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs in the order Adapedonta. T ...
'' Döll - Central America
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, northern South America
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*''Pharus vittatus
Pharus may refer to:
* ''Pharus'' (bivalve), a genus of bivalves in the family Pharidae
Pharidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of saltwater clams, marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs in the order Adapedonta. T ...
'' Lem. - Central America
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, Colombia
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formerly included
[
see '']Hygroryza
''Hygroryza'' (watergrass) is a monotyipic genus of Asian flowering plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Hygroryza aristata'', (Asian watergrass) native to China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan), Bangladesh, Cambodi ...
Leersia
''Leersia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses.
The genus is widespread across many countries on all the inhabited continents.
It was named for the German botanist Johann Daniel Leers ...
Leptaspis
''Leptaspis'' is a genus of Paleotropical plants in the grass family, native to Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and a few islands of the western Pacific.Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Ga ...
Scrotochloa
''Scrotochloa'' is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Papuasian plants in the grass family.
The genus is closely related to '' Leptaspis'' and included inside that group by some authors.
; Species
* '' Scrotochloa tararaensis'' (Jansen) Judz. - ...
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*''Pharus aristatus - Hygroryza aristata
''Hygroryza'' (watergrass) is a monotyipic genus of Asian flowering plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Hygroryza aristata'', (Asian watergrass) native to China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan), Bangladesh, Cambodi ...
''
*''Pharus banksii - Leptaspis banksii''
*''Pharus ciliatus - Leersia hexandra
''Leersia hexandra'' is a species of grass known by the common names southern cutgrass, clubhead cutgrass, and swamp rice grass. ''
*''Pharus natans - Hygroryza aristata
''Hygroryza'' (watergrass) is a monotyipic genus of Asian flowering plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Hygroryza aristata'', (Asian watergrass) native to China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan), Bangladesh, Cambodi ...
''
*''Pharus urceolatus - Scrotochloa urceolata''
References
Poaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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