Pharus (plant)

Pharus, the stalkgrasses,^[3] is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family.^[4][5]

Pharus
Pharus latifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pharoideae
Tribe:	Phareae
Genus:	Pharus P.Browne[1]
Type species
Pharus latifolius L.[2]

As an early-diverging genus in its family, it is of interest for the study of the evolution of the grasses. Hence, the genome of P. latifolius has been sequenced.^[6]

Species

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• Pharus ecuadoricus Judz. - Ecuador
• Pharus lappulaceus Aubl. - Americas from Florida + San Luis Potosí to Uruguay
• Pharus latifolius L. - Americas from Cuba + Veracruz to Bolivia
• Pharus mezii Prodoehl - southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
• Pharus parvifolius Nash - southern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, West Indies
• Pharus virescens Döll - Central America, northern South America
• Pharus vittatus Lem. - Central America, Colombia

formerly included

^[7] see Hygroryza Leersia Leptaspis Scrotochloa

• Pharus aristatus - Hygroryza aristata
• Pharus banksii - Leptaspis banksii
• Pharus ciliatus - Leersia hexandra
• Pharus natans - Hygroryza aristata
• Pharus urceolatus - Scrotochloa urceolata