Brachyelytrum
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]
| Brachyelytrum | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Brachyelytrum erectum[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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]
- Brachyelytrum aristosum (Michx.) Trel. from Ontario to Newfoundland south through Great Lakes region + Appalachian Mountains
- Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P.Beauv - from Ontario to Newfoundland south to Texas + Florida
- Brachyelytrum japonicum (Hack.) Matsum. ex Honda - Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Japan, Jeju Island in South Korea
- formerly included
- Brachyelytrum africanum - Pseudobromus africanus
- Brachyelytrum pringlei - Muhlenbergia diversiglumis
- Brachyelytrum silvaticum - Pseudobromus africanus
See also
References
- 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
- 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.
- Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 39 in Latin
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
- Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 187 短颖草属 duan ying cao shu Brachyelytrum P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 39. 1812
- Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
External links
- Clayton, W.D.; Vorontsova, M.S.; Harman, K.T.; Williamson, H. "Brachyelytrum". GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2015-12-21.
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