Zeugiteae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Zeugiteae
Genera: Chevalierella – Lophatherum – Orthoclada – Pohlidium – Zeugites
Name

Zeugiteae Sánchez-Ken & L.G. Clark, Amer. J. Bot. 97(10): 1744–1745. (2010)

Typus: Zeugites P. Browne Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 341. (1756)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Zeugitinae Caro (1982)

References
Primary references

Sánchez-Ken, G.J. & Clark, L.G. 2010. Phylogeny and a new tribal classification of the Panicoideeae s.l. (Poaceae) based upon plastid and nuclear sequence data and structural data. American Journal of Botany 97(10): 1732–1748. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1000024 Open access Reference page.

Additional references

Soreng, R.J., Davidse, G., Peterson, P.M., Zuloaga, F.O., Judziewicz, E.J., Filgueiras, T.S., Morrone, O. & Komaschenko, K. [2000 onwards.] World-wide Phylogenetic Classification of Poaceae (Gramineae). Catalogue of New World Grasses, Tropicos Project 10. Website. Reference page.
Soreng, R.J., Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Davidse, G., Teisher, J.K., Clark, L.G., Barberá, P., Gillespie, L.J. & Zuloaga, F.O. 2017. A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 55(4): 259–290. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12262 Open access ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Tropicos.org 2013. Zeugiteae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Oct. 2013. Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2013. Zeugiteae. Published online. Accessed: 3 Oct. 2013. Reference page.

Vernacular names
čeština: lofater
한국어: 조릿대풀속
മലയാളം: ലോഫതെരം
中文: 淡竹叶属

Zeugiteae is a tribe of the subfamily Panicoideae in the grasses (Poaceae), native to Africa, Asia, Australasia, South and Central America. There are 18 species in four genera. The tribe belongs to a basal lineage within the subfamily.[1] Species in this tribe use the C3 photosynthetic pathway.[2]
Genera

Chevalierella
Lophatherum
Orthoclada
Zeugites (syn. Calderonella, Pohlidium)

References

Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson, Paul M.; Romaschenko, Konstantin; Davidse, Gerrit; Teisher, Jordan K.; Clark, Lynn G.; Barberá, Patricia; Gillespie, Lynn J.; Zuloaga, Fernando O. (2017). "A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 55 (4): 259–290. doi:10.1111/jse.12262. hdl:10261/240149. ISSN 1674-4918.
Osborne, Colin P.; Salomaa, Anna; Kluyver, Thomas A.; Visser, Vernon; Kellogg, Elizabeth A.; Morrone, Osvaldo; Vorontsova, Maria S.; Clayton, W. Derek; Simpson, David A. (2014). "A global database of C4 photosynthesis in grasses". New Phytologist. 204 (3): 441–446. doi:10.1111/nph.12942. hdl:10019.1/122719. ISSN 0028-646X. Open access icon