Scutachne

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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| genus = Scutachne

| parent_authority = Hitchc. & Chase

| species = dura

| authority = (Griseb.) Hitchc. & Chase

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| synonyms =

• Panicum durum Griseb.
• Alloteropsis dura (Griseb.) Hitchc.

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Scutachne is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779479#page/174/mode/1up Hitchcock, Albert Spear & Chase, Mary Agnes. 1911. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 24: 148–149] description in parallel Latin and English; line drawings of fruiting structures of Scutachne dura on page 149[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40034236 Tropicos, Scutachne Hitchc. & Chase ][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00574.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. The only known species is Scutachne dura, it is native to Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola (Haiti + Dominican Republic).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=441720 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Adams, C. D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica 1–848. University of the West Indies, Mona[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13806#page/568/mode/1up Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone. 2003. Scutachne. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 46: 569]