Phleum

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Phleum
Timothee (Phleum pratense subsp. pratense).jpg
Phleum pratense
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Phleinae
Dumort.
Genus: Phleum
L.
Type species
Phleum pratense
Synonyms [3]
  • StelephurosAdans.
  • PlantiniaBubani
  • AchnodontonP.Beauv.
  • ChilochloaP.Beauv.
  • AchnodonLink
  • MailleaParl.
  • PseudophleumDogan

Phleum (common name timothy) is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family. [4] The genus is native to Europe, Asia and north Africa, with one species (P. alpinum) also in North and South America. [5]

They are tufted grasses growing to 20–150 cm tall, with cylindrical, spike-like panicles containing many densely packed spikelets. [6]

Species [3] [7] [8] [9]
Formerly included [3]

Numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: Aegilops, Alopecurus, Beckmannia, Crypsis, Cynodon, Cynosurus, Digitaria, Elytrophorus, Ischaemum, Mnesithea, Muhlenbergia, Pennisetum, Pentameris, Phalaris, Polypogon, Polytrias, Sesleria, Tribolium

Cultivation and uses

Several species are important for cattle feed and as hay for horses and other domestic animals. [10]

References

  1. lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 119. 1929
  2. "Tropicos - Name - Phleum L." www.tropicos.org.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". kew.org.
  4. Linné, Carl von; Linné, Carl von; Salvius, Lars (1753). Caroli Linnaei ... Species plantarum :exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas... Vol. 1. Holmiae: Impensis Laurentii Salvii.
  5. "Species in GRIN for genus". www.ars-grin.gov. Archived from the original on 2008-10-11.
  6. "Phleum in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
  7. "Search results — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org.
  8. "Generi della flora italiana: Phleum". luirig.altervista.org. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  9. "Flora Europaea Search Results". rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
  10. NRCS. "Phleum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2018-10-15.