Polytoca

Polytoca
Polytoca cyathopoda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Chionachninae
Genus:
R.Br.
Synonyms[1]
  • Chionachne R.Br.
  • Cyathorhachis Nees ex Steud.
  • Sclerachne R.Br.

Polytoca is a genus of Indomalayan and Australasian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][1]

Species

11 species are accepted.[1]

  • Polytoca biaurita (Hack.) Mabb. – Philippines (Luzon)
  • Polytoca cyathopoda (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey – New Guinea and northern Australia
  • Polytoca digitata (L.f.) Druce – southern China, eastern Himalayas, Andaman Islands, Indochina, Philippines, Java, and New Guinea
  • Polytoca gigantea (J.Koenig) Mabb. – Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, and Java
  • Polytoca hubbardiana (Henrard) Mabb. – eastern Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, and northern Australia
  • Polytoca javanica Henrard – eastern Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands
  • Polytoca macrophylla Benth. – Maluku and Papuasia
  • Polytoca massiei (Balansa) Schenck ex Henrard – Indochina and Hainan
  • Polytoca punctata (R.Br.) Hook.f. – Indochina, Philippines, Java, and the Lesser Sunda Islands
  • Polytoca semiteres Benth. ex Hook.f. – western and southern India and Myanmar
  • Polytoca wallichiana (Nees ex Steud.) Benth. – eastern Himalayas, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam

Formerly included

See Cleistochloa and Trilobachne[5]

  • Cleistochloa sclerachne (F.M.Bailey) C.E.Hubb. (as Polytoca sclerachne (F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey)
  • Trilobachne cookei (Stapf) Schenck ex Henrard (as Polytoca cookei Stapf)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Polytoca R.Br". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  2. ^ Brown, Robert. 1838. Plantae Javanicae Rariores 20
  3. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 650 多裔草属 duo yi cao shu Polytoca R. Brown
  5. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families