Brachyelytrum

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Brachyelytreae
Genus: Brachyelytrum
Species: B. aristosum – B. erectum – B. japonicum
Name

Brachyelytrum P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 39 (1812)
Type species: Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 39, 155 (1812)

References

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812) Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 39, 155, pl. 9, f. 2.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Brachyelytrum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Brachyelytrum. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31.
Tropicos.org 2013. Brachyelytrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Brachyelytrum. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: 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]

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]

Species[7][8][9]

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

see Aphanelytrum Muhlenbergia Pseudobromus

Brachyelytrum africanum - Pseudobromus africanus
Brachyelytrum pringlei - Muhlenbergia diversiglumis
Brachyelytrum procumbens - Aphanelytrum procumbens
Brachyelytrum silvaticum - Pseudobromus africanus

See also

List of Poaceae genera

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. ISSN 1674-4918. S2CID 84052108. open access
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. open access
"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