Milium | |
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Milium effusum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Supertribe: | Poodae |
Tribe: | Poeae |
Subtribe: | Miliinae Dumort. |
Genus: | Milium L. 1753 not Adans. 1763 |
Type species | |
Milium effusum | |
Synonyms [3] | |
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Milium (vernacular name milletgrass) is a genus of Eurasian, North American, and North African plants in the grass family. [4] [5] [6] [7]
many species once included in Milium but now considered better suited to other genera: Achnatherum , Aeluropus , Agrostis , Airopsis , Alloteropsis , Amphicarpum , Aniselytron , Anthaenantia , Antinoria , Apera , Arundinella , Axonopus , Brachiaria , Cynodon , Digitaria , Echinochloa , Eriochloa , Eriocoma , Gastridium , Homolepis , Ichnanthus , Isachne , Luziola , Muhlenbergia , Nassella , Oplismenus , Oryzopsis , Panicum , Paspalum , Pentameris , Piptatherum , Piptochaetium , Poa , Polypogon , Sorghum , Sporobolus , Trachypogon , Tricholaena , Triplachne , Zingeria and Zoysia .
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