Brachyelytrum

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Brachyelytrum
Brachyelytrum erectum HC-1950.png
Brachyelytrum erectum [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Tribe: Brachyelytreae
Ohwi (1941)
Genus: Brachyelytrum
P.Beauv.
Type species
Brachyelytrum erectum

Brachyelytrum is a genus of North American and East Asian plants in the grass family, [2] [3] [4] classified in its own tribe Brachyelytreae. [5]

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Molecular phylogenetic study has indicated that Brachyelytrum is the earliest diverging lineage in the subfamily Pooideae (the cool season grasses), a lineage that includes many of the world's major cereal crops such as barley, wheat, and oats. [6]

Species [7] [8] [9]
formerly included

see Muhlenbergia Pseudobromus

See also

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References

  1. illustration from Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950
  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. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  3. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 39 in Latin
  4. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate IX (9), figure II (2 a-f) line drawings of Brachyelytrum erectum
  5. Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson, Paul M.; Romschenko, Konstantin; Davidse, Gerrit; Zuloaga, Fernando O.; Judziewicz, Emmet J.; Filgueiras, Tarciso S.; Davis, Jerrold I.; Morrone, Osvaldo (2015). "A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae)". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 53 (2): 117–137. doi:10.1111/jse.12150. hdl: 11336/25248 . ISSN   1674-4918. S2CID   84052108. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. Grass Phylogeny Working Group II (2012). "New grass phylogeny resolves deep evolutionary relationships and discovers C4 origins". New Phytologist. 193 (2): 304–312. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03972.x. hdl: 2262/73271 . PMID   22115274. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  7. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
  8. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 187 短颖草属 duan ying cao shu Brachyelytrum P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 39. 1812
  9. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps