Megalachne

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Festuceae
Subtribus: Loliinae
Genus: Megalachne
Species: M. berteroniana – M. dantonii – M. masafuerana – M. robinsoniana
Name

Megalachne Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 237 (1854)
Type species: Megalachne berteroniana Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 237 (1854)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Pantathera Phil., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 14: 649 (1856)

References

Steudel, E.B. von (1854) Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 237.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Megalachne in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Megalachne. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
Tropicos.org 2013. Megalachne. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Megalachne. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2013.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Megalachne. .

Megalachne is a genus of Chilean plants in the grass family, found only on the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Chile.[2][3][4][5] A genetic analysis found it to be most closely related to the extinct Podophorus, also endemic to the Juan Fernández archipelago. This clade was in turn found to be nested within a paraphyletic Festuca, most closely related to F. pampeana of South America.[6]

Species[7]

Megalachne berteroniana Steud.
Megalachne masafuerana (Pilg.) Matthei

formerly included[1]

see Eriachne

Megalachne zeylanica - syn of Eriachne triseta

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Skottsberg, Carl Johan Fredrik & Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1920. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 16: 385-386 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
Matthei, Oscar R. 1974. Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 48: 171, f. 1a, c–e in Spanish
Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von. 1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 237 in Latin
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Moreno-Aguilar, María Fernanda; Arnelas, Itziar; Sánchez-Rodríguez, Aminael; Viruel, Juan; Catalán, Pilar (2020-06-26). "Museomics Unveil the Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Neglected Juan Fernandez Archipelago Megalachne and Podophorus Endemic Grasses and Their Connection With Relict Pampean-Ventanian Fescues". Frontiers in Plant Science. 11: 819. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00819. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 7333454. PMID 32754167.
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