Brachyelytrum

Brachyelytrum
Brachyelytrum erectum[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Brachyelytrum
P.Beauv.
Type species
Brachyelytrum erectum
(Schreb.) P.Beauv.

Brachyelytrum is a genus of North American and East Asian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]

Recent molecular phylogenetic study has indicated that, within the (Poaceae), Brachyleytrum is the sister-group of 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.

Species[5][6][7]
  1. Brachyelytrum aristosum (Michx.) Trel. from Ontario to Newfoundland south through Great Lakes region + Appalachian Mountains
  2. Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P.Beauv - from Ontario to Newfoundland south to Texas + Florida
  3. Brachyelytrum japonicum (Hack.) Matsum. ex Honda - Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Japan, Jeju Island in South Korea
formerly included

see Aphanelytrum Muhlenbergia Pseudobromus

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 39 in Latin
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451147
  6. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 187 短颖草属 duan ying cao shu Brachyelytrum P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 39. 1812
  7. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps