Anomochloa

Anomochloa
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Anomochlooideae
Tribe: Anomochloeae
C.E.Hubb.
Genus: Anomochloa
Brongn.
Species:
A. marantoidea
Binomial name
Anomochloa marantoidea
It is endemic to Brazil

Anomochloa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the grass family, Poaceae. It is one of the two genera in its subfamily and the only genus in the tribe Anomochloeae. The only known species is Anomochloa marantoidea, native to the State of Bahia in eastern Brazil.

Description

Vegetative characteristics

Anomochloa is a terrestrial, perennial, rhizomatous herb.

Generative characteristics

The oblong, laterally compressed 10 mm long, and 2.5 mm wide caryopsis has an adherent pericarp.

Cytology

The diploid chromosome count of Anomochloa is 2n = 36.

Taxonomy

It was published by Adolphe Théodore Brongniart in 1851. Within the subfamily Anomochlooideae, it is placed in its own monotypic tribe Anomochloeae.

Conservation

It is an endangered and extremely rare species.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Oliveira, R.P.; Clark, L.G. Anomochloa in Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Disponível em: <https://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/FB12973>. Acesso em: 06 Jan. 2025
  2. 1 2 Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore. 1851. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, séries 3. v 16: page 368 + plate 23
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Anomochloa marantoidea Brongn.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Morris, L. M.; Duvall, M. R. (2010). "The chloroplast genome of Anomochloa marantoidea (Anomochlooideae; Poaceae) comprises a mixture of grass-like and unique features". American Journal of Botany. 97 (4): 620–7. Bibcode:2010AmJB...97..620M. doi:10.3732/ajb.0900226. hdl:10843/13411. PMID 21622424. Archived from the original on 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  6. ↑ Judziewicz, E. J. & T. R. Soderstrom. 1989. Morphological, anatomical, and taxonomic studies in Anomochloa and Streptochaeta (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 68: i–iii, 1–52
  7. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  8. 1 2 3 Clayton, W.D.; Vorontsova, M.S.; Harman, K.T.; Williamson, H. "Anomochloa". GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  9. ↑ Kellogg, E.A. (2015). I. Subfamily Anomochlooideae Pilg. ex Potztal (1957). In: Flowering Plants. Monocots. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol 13. Springer, Cham.
  10. ↑ USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyfamily?type=tribe&id=1293. Accessed 6 January 2025.
  11. ↑ USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyfamily?type=subfamily&id=1858. Accessed 6 January 2025.
  12. ↑ Rafael Augusto Xavier Borges; Miguel d'Avila de Moraes. 2012. Anomochloa marantoidea (POACEAE). Lista Vermelha da Flora Brasileira: Centro Nacional de Conservação da Flora/ Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro.
  13. ↑ João P Silva Vieira, Alessandra S Schnadelbach, Frederic Mendes Hughes, Jomar G Jardim, Lynn G Clark, R Patrícia De Oliveira, Ecological niche modelling and genetic diversity of Anomochloa marantoidea (Poaceae): filling the gaps for conservation in the earliest-diverging grass subfamily, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 192, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 258–280, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz039