Biology:Milium (plant)
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Short description: Genus of grasses
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Miliinae Dumort. |
| Genus: | Milium L. 1753 not Adans. 1763 |
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| Milium effusum | |
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Milium (vernacular name milletgrass) is a genus of Eurasian, North American, and North African plants in the grass family.[4][5][6][7]
- Milium atropatanum Maroofi - Iran
- Milium effusum L. - eastern + central Canada; northeastern + north-central United States; Eurasia + North Africa from Iceland + Spain to Taiwan + Kamchatka
- Milium pedicellare (Bornm.) Roshev. ex Melderis - Middle East
- Milium schmidtianum K.Koch - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus
- Milium transcaucasicum Tzvelev - Transcaucasus
- Milium vernale M.Bieb. - Eurasia + North Africa from France + Morocco to Kazakhstan; naturalized in Idaho
- Formerly included[3]
many species once included in Milium but now considered better suited to other genera: Achnatherum, Aeluropus, Agrostis, Airopsis, Alloteropsis, Amphicarpum, Aniselytron, Anthaenantia, Antinoria, Apera, Arundinella, Axonopus, Brachiaria, Cynodon, Digitaria, Echinochloa, Eriochloa, Eriocoma, Gastridium, Homolepis, Ichnanthus, Isachne, Luziola, Muhlenbergia, Nassella, Oplismenus, Oryzopsis, Panicum, Paspalum, Pentameris, Piptatherum, Piptochaetium, Poa, Polypogon, Sorghum, Sporobolus, Trachypogon, Tricholaena, Triplachne, Zingeria and Zoysia.
References
- ↑ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 119. 1929
- ↑ Tropicos, Milium L.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Milium
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 311 粟草属 su cao shu Milium Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 61. 1753.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- ↑ Milium The Plant List. accessed 17 March 2014
Wikidata ☰ Q164783 entry
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