Anomochloa

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Anomochloa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Anomochlooideae
Tribe: Anomochloeae
C.E.Hubb.
Genus: Anomochloa
Brongn.
Species:
A. marantoidea
Binomial name
Anomochloa marantoidea
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It is endemic to Brazil [1]

Anomochloa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the grass family, Poaceae. It is one of the two genera in its subfamily and the only genus in the tribe Anomochloeae. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The only known species is Anomochloa marantoidea, native to the State of Bahia in eastern Brazil. [7]

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Description

Vegetative characteristics

Anomochloa is a terrestrial, [1] perennial, rhizomatous [8] herb. [1]

Generative characteristics

The oblong, laterally compressed [8] 10 mm long, and 2.5 mm wide caryopsis [1] has an adherent pericarp. [8]

Cytology

The diploid chromosome count of Anomochloa is 2n = 36. [9]

Taxonomy

It was published by Adolphe Théodore Brongniart in 1851. [2] Within the subfamily Anomochlooideae, it is placed in its own monotypic tribe Anomochloeae. [10] [11]

Conservation

It is an endangered [1] [12] and extremely rare species. [13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Oliveira, R.P.; Clark, L.G. Anomochloa in Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Disponível em: <https://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/FB12973>. Acesso em: 06 Jan. 2025
  2. 1 2 Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore. 1851. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, séries 3. v 16: page 368 + plate 23
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Anomochloa marantoidea Brongn.
  4. ↑ 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. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  5. ↑ Morris, L. M.; Duvall, M. R. (2010). "The chloroplast genome of Anomochloa marantoidea (Anomochlooideae; Poaceae) comprises a mixture of grass-like and unique features". American Journal of Botany. 97 (4): 620–7. doi:10.3732/ajb.0900226. hdl: 10843/13411 . PMID   21622424. Archived from the original on 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  6. ↑ Judziewicz, E. J. & T. R. Soderstrom. 1989. Morphological, anatomical, and taxonomic studies in Anomochloa and Streptochaeta (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 68: i–iii, 1–52
  7. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  8. 1 2 3 Clayton, W.D.; Vorontsova, M.S.; Harman, K.T.; Williamson, H. "Anomochloa". GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  9. ↑ Kellogg, E.A. (2015). I. Subfamily Anomochlooideae Pilg. ex Potztal (1957). In: Flowering Plants. Monocots. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol 13. Springer, Cham.
  10. ↑ USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyfamily?type=tribe&id=1293. Accessed 6 January 2025.
  11. ↑ USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyfamily?type=subfamily&id=1858. Accessed 6 January 2025.
  12. ↑ Rafael Augusto Xavier Borges; Miguel d'Avila de Moraes. 2012. Anomochloa marantoidea (POACEAE). Lista Vermelha da Flora Brasileira: Centro Nacional de Conservação da Flora/ Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro.
  13. ↑ João P Silva Vieira, Alessandra S Schnadelbach, Frederic Mendes Hughes, Jomar G Jardim, Lynn G Clark, R Patrícia De Oliveira, Ecological niche modelling and genetic diversity of Anomochloa marantoidea (Poaceae): filling the gaps for conservation in the earliest-diverging grass subfamily, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 192, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 258–280, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz039
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