Ichnanthus

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Bedgrass

| image =Ichnanthus nemoralis (Schrad. ex Schult.) Hitchc. & Chase (7574426174).jpg

| image_caption = Ichnanthus nemoralis

| display_parents = 4

| taxon = Ichnanthus

| authority = P.Beauv.

| type_species = Ichnanthus panicoides

| type_species_authority = P.Beauv.

| synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=419918 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40030392 Tropicos, Ichnanthus P. Beauv.]

| synonyms =

• Navicularia Raddi 1823, illegitimate homonym not Heist. ex Fabr. 1759 (Lamiaceae)
• Panicum sect. Ichnanthus (P.Beauv.) Trin.

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Ichnanthus, commonly called bedgrass,[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:411630#tab_classification Atlas of Living Australia] is a genus of tropical plants in the grass family, widespread in Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394135#page/140/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 56-57] in Latin[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394135#page/297/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XII (12) figure I (1 a-g)] line drawings of Ichnanthus panicoides; [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394135#page/275/mode/1up captions on caption page 9][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00311.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 500, 504 距花黍属 ju hua shu shu Ichnanthus P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 56. 1812. ]Boechat, S. de C. 2005. O gênero Ichnanthus (Poaceae - Panicoideae - Paniceae) no Brasil. Iheringia, Série Botânica 60(2): 189–248.Bastos, M. d. N. d. C. 1993. A flora "Rupestre" da serra de carajás (Gramineae)-III Gênero Ichnanthus Beauv. Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi : Serie Guias 9(2):279–293.Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557Longhi-Wagner, H. M., V. Bittich, M. das G. L. Wanderley & G. J. Shepherd. 2001. Poaceae. 1: 1–292. In M. G. L. Wanderly, G. J. Shepherd & A. M. Giulietti (eds.) Fl. Fanerog. Estado São Paulo. Editora Hucitec, São Paulo

; Species

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• Ichnanthus annuus - Colombia, Venezuela
• Ichnanthus bambusiflorus - Brazil
• Ichnanthus breviscrobs - trop South America
• Ichnanthus calvescens - Mexico, Central + South America, Trinidad
• Ichnanthus camporum - Brazil
• Ichnanthus dasycoleus - Central + South America
• Ichnanthus ephemeroblepharis - Amazon of Brazil + Venezuela
• Ichnanthus glaber - eastern Brazil
• Ichnanthus grandifolius - Brazil
• Ichnanthus hirtus - Colombia, Peru, Brazil
• Ichnanthus hoffmannseggii - French Guiana, Brazil
• Ichnanthus inconstans - from Oaxaca to Paraguay
• Ichnanthus lanceolatus - southern Mexico, Central America
• Ichnanthus lancifolius - trop South America
• Ichnanthus leiocarpus - trop South America, Trinidad
• Ichnanthus leptophyllus - eastern Brazil
• Ichnanthus longhi-wagnerii - Bahia
• Ichnanthus longiglumis - southeastern Brazil
• Ichnanthus mayarensis - Cuba, northern Brazil
• Ichnanthus mollis - Brazil
• Ichnanthus nemoralis - Mexico, Central + South America, Trinidad
• Ichnanthus nemorosus - Mexico, Central + South America, West Indies
• Ichnanthus pallens - West Africa, Asia (from India to Ryukyu Is to Java), New Guinea, Queensland, Mexico, Central + South America, West Indies
• Ichnanthus panicoides - Mexico, Central + South America
• Ichnanthus procurrens - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay
• Ichnanthus riedelii - Brazil + Venezuela
• Ichnanthus ruprechtii - trop South America
• Ichnanthus tarumanensis - Brazil
• Ichnanthus tectus - Venezuela
• Ichnanthus tenuis - Mexico, Central + South America, Trinidad
• Ichnanthus zehntneri - Brazil

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; formerly included

see Chevalierella Echinolaena Homolepis Ottochloa Panicum Parodiophyllochloa Yakirra

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• Ichnanthus apiculatus - Parodiophyllochloa ovulifera
• Ichnanthus australiensis - Yakirra australiensis
• Ichnanthus dewildemanii - Chevalierella dewildemanii
• Ichnanthus foliolosus - Yakirra foliolosa
• Ichnanthus gardneri - Panicum chapadense
• Ichnanthus glaber Link ex Steud. 1854 not (Raddi) Hitchc. 1920 - Panicum virgatum
• Ichnanthus harmandii - Panicum trachyrhachis
• Ichnanthus lilloi - Echinolaena minarum
• Ichnanthus longiflorus - Homolepis longispicula
• Ichnanthus majusculus - Yakirra majuscula
• Ichnanthus minarum - Echinolaena minarum
• Ichnanthus mueensis - Panicum mueense
• Ichnanthus muelleri - Yakirra muelleri
• Ichnanthus oblongus - Ottochloa nodosa
• Ichnanthus oplismenoides - Echinolaena oplismenoides
• Ichnanthus pauciflorus - Yakirra pauciflora
• Ichnanthus riparius - Echinolaena minarum
• Ichnanthus sandiensis - Echinolaena minarum
• Ichnanthus standleyi - Echinolaena standleyi
• Ichnanthus trinii - Panicum trinii

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