Polytoca
Genus of grasses
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Polytoca is a genus of Indomalayan and Australasian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][1]
| Polytoca | |
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| 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: | Polytoca R.Br. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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)
