Aniselytron

Aniselytron is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Poaceae. It is native to Sikkim, northern Burma, China, Japan, Taiwan, the island of Luzon, and Sabah., north of Sumatra. It comprises 15 described species and of these, only 2 accepted.

Taxonomy

The genus was described by Elmer Drew Merrill and published in the Philippine Journal of Science 5: 328. 1910. The type species is: Aniselytron agrostoides Merr.

Accepted species

The following is a list of the species of the genus Aniselytron accepted up to July 2011, arranged alphabetically. For each one, the binomial name followed by the author is indicated, abbreviated according to conventions and uses.

• Aniselytron agrostoides Merr.
• Aniselytron epileucum (Stapf) Soják