Biology:Milium (plant)

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Milium
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Milium effusum
Scientific classification e
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
Type species
Milium effusum
Synonyms[3]
  • Miliarium Moench

Milium (vernacular name milletgrass) is a genus of Eurasian, North American, and North African plants in the grass family.[4][5][6][7]

Species[3][8]
  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q164783 entry