Genus of grasses

Acostia

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Poales
Family:  | Poaceae
Subfamily:  | Panicoideae
Supertribe:  | Andropogonodae
Tribe:  | Paspaleae
Subtribe:  | Paspalinae
Genus:  | Acostia
Swallen
Species:  |

A. gracilis

Binomial name
Acostia gracilis

Swallen

Synonyms[1]

* Panicum acostia R.D.Webster

Acostia is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]

The only known species is Acostia gracilis, found only in Ecuador.[1][6] It is listed as an endangered species.[7]

The genus name of Acostia is in honour of Misael Acosta Solís (1910–1994), an Ecuadorian naturalist.[8] The Latin specific epithet of gracilis means "slender".[9] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. Vol.12 on page 109 in 1968.[6]

## See also[edit]

* List of Poaceae genera

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. ^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
3. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. ^ Swallen, Jason Richard 1968. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 12: 109
5. ^ Webster, R. D., J. H. Kirkbride & J. V. Reyna. 1989. New World genera of the Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Sida 13(4): 393–417
6. ^ a b "Acostia Swallen | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
7. ^ Laegaard, S. & Pitman, N. 2004. Panicum acostia. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
8. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
9. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.

Taxon identifiers

Acostia|

* Wikidata: Q2443194
* Wikispecies: Acostia
* CoL: 8VT7P
* EoL: 5842339
* GBIF: 4140221
* GrassBase: gen00002
* GRIN: 13208
* iNaturalist: 577078
* IPNI: 295725-2
* IRMNG: 1267510
* ITIS: 781154
* Open Tree of Life: 4731412
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295725-2
* Tropicos: 40031142
* WFO: wfo-4000000362

Acostia gracilis|

* Wikidata: Q15500697
* CoL: 9HY4
* GBIF: 4140220
* GrassBase: imp00014
* iNaturalist: 1061866
* IPNI: 3456-2
* ITIS: 782090
* Open Tree of Life: 4731413
* Plant List: kew-387362
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3456-2
* Tropicos: 25520592
* WFO: wfo-0000841374

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