Streptochaeta

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Streptochaeta
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Anomochlooideae
Tribe: Streptochaeteae
C.E.Hubb.
Genus: Streptochaeta
Schrad. ex Nees.
Type species
Streptochaeta spicata
Schrad. ex Nees.
Synonyms [1]

Streptochaeta is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is the only genus in the tribe Streptochaeteae of the family Poaceae. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

The species of Streptochaeta are native to neotropical realm regions of North America, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.

As the genus is an early-diverging sister lineage in relation to most other grasses, the genome of S. angustifolia has been sequenced to study the evolution of the Poaceae. [5]

Species

Species include: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1829. Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum 2(1): 536-538 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Streptochaeta Schrad. ex Nees
  4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. Seetharam, Arun S.; Yu, Yunqing; Bélanger, Sébastien; Clark, Lynn G.; Meyers, Blake C.; Kellogg, Elizabeth A.; Hufford, Matthew B. (2021). "The Streptochaeta Genome and the Evolution of the Grasses". Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.710383 . ISSN   1664-462X. PMC   8521107 . PMID   34671369.