Axonopus singularis

Axonopus singularis is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to Brazil (the states of Maranhão and Goiás).^[1] When placed in the monotypic genus Centrochloa as Centrochloa singularis, it was the only species.^[2]

Axonopus singularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Genus:	Axonopus
Species:	A. singularis
Binomial name
Axonopus singularis (Swallen) Alicia López & Morrone[1]
Synonyms[1]
Centrochloa singularis Swallen

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Jason Richard Swallen in 1935 as Centrochloa singularis.^[3] It was the only species in the monotypic genus Centrochloa.^[2][4] It was transferred to the genus Axonopus in 2012, a placement accepted by Plants of the World Online as of November 2024^[update].^[1]