Eccoptocarpha is a genus of African plants in the grass family.[1][2] The only known species is Eccoptocarpha obconiciventris, native to Tanzania and Zambia.[3][4][5]

Eccoptocarpha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Melinidinae
Genus: Eccoptocarpha
Launert
Species:
E. obconiciventris
Binomial name
Eccoptocarpha obconiciventris

References

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  1. ^ Launert, Georg Oskar Edmund. 1965. Eccoptocarpha, a new genus from Zambia (Gramineae, Panicoideae, Paniceae, Panicinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 46(2): 123–128
  2. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  5. ^ Clayton, W.D. (1989). Flora Zambesiaca 10(3): 1-231. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.