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Merostachys Spreng.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 781232

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Brasilocalamus Nakai
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	partial
	Latest Record Review:	2010

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Lilianae – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones
	Order	Poales
	Family	Poaceae – grasses, graminées
	Genus	Merostachys Spreng.
		Direct Children:
	Species	Merostachys abadiana Send.
	Species	Merostachys annulifera Send.
	Species	Merostachys argentea Send.
	Species	Merostachys argyronema Lindm.
	Species	Merostachys bifurcata Send.
	Species	Merostachys bradei Pilg.
	Species	Merostachys brevigluma Send.
	Species	Merostachys brevispica Munro
	Species	Merostachys burmanii Send.
	Species	Merostachys calderoniana Send.
	Species	Merostachys caucaiana Send.
	Species	Merostachys ciliata McClure & L.B. Sm.
	Species	Merostachys claussenii Munro
	Species	Merostachys exserta Munro
	Species	Merostachys filgueirasii Send.
	Species	Merostachys fimbriata Send.
	Species	Merostachys fischeriana Rupr. ex Döll
	Species	Merostachys fistulosa Döll
	Species	Merostachys glauca McClure & L.B. Sm.
	Species	Merostachys kleinii Send.
	Species	Merostachys kunthii Rupr.
	Species	Merostachys lanata Send.
	Species	Merostachys latifolia R.W. Pohl
	Species	Merostachys leptophylla Send.
	Species	Merostachys magellanica Send.
	Species	Merostachys magnispicula Send.
	Species	Merostachys maguireorum McClure
	Species	Merostachys medullosa Send.
	Species	Merostachys multiramea Hack.
	Species	Merostachys neesii Rupr.
	Species	Merostachys pauciflora Swallen
	Species	Merostachys petiolata Döll
	Species	Merostachys pilifera Send.
	Species	Merostachys pluriflora Munro ex E.G. Camus
	Species	Merostachys polyantha McClure
	Species	Merostachys procerrima Send.
	Species	Merostachys ramosissima Send.
	Species	Merostachys retrorsa McClure
	Species	Merostachys riedeliana Rupr. ex Döll
	Species	Merostachys rondoniensis Send.
	Species	Merostachys scandens Send.
	Species	Merostachys sellovii Munro
	Species	Merostachys skvortzovii Send.
	Species	Merostachys sparsiflora Rupr.
	Species	Merostachys speciosa Spreng.
	Species	Merostachys ternata Nees
	Species	Merostachys vestita McClure & L.B. Sm.

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	Source:	Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)
	Acquired:	2009
	Notes:	Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html
	Reference for:	Merostachys

	Source:	Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)
	Acquired:	2010
	Notes:	Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources
	Reference for:	Merostachys

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