Phleum

New Latin, from Ancient Greek φλέως (phléōs, “wool-tufted reed”), Saccharum ravennae ( <= Erianthus ravennae )

Phleum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – tufted grasses growing to 20-150 cm tall, with cylindrical flowerheads with densely packed spikelets, called timothy and certain catstails.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; BOP clade - clade; Pooideae - subfamily; Aveneae - tribe

• (genus): Phleum alpinum, alpine catstail or alpine timothy; Phleum arenarium, sand catstail or sand timothy; Phleum boissieri; Phleum commutatum; Phleum crypsoides; Phleum echinatum; Phleum exaratum; Phleum gibbum; Phleum hirsutum; Phleum iranicum; Phleum japonicum; Phleum montanum; Phleum paniculatum, British timothy; Phleum phleoides, purple-stem catstail; Phleum pratense, timothy-grass; Phleum subulatum, Italian timothy - selected species (See Phleum on WikispeciesWikispecies for more, including synonyms.)

• Phleum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phleum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Phleum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Phleum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Phleum at Encyclopedia of Life
• Phleum on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Phleum at USDA Plants database
• Phleum at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Phleum at Tropicos
• Phleum at World Register of Marine Species