Biology:Chloris (plant)
| Chloris | |
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| Chloris virgata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Eleusininae |
| Genus: | Chloris Sw. |
| Type species | |
| Chloris cruciata | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Chloris is a widespread genus of monophyletic grasses belonging to the family Poaceae, known generally as windmill grass or finger grass.[3] The genus is found worldwide, but especially in the tropical and subtropical regions, and more often in the Southern Hemisphere.[3][4] The species are variable in morphology, but in general, the plants are less than 0.5 m in height. They bear inflorescences shaped like umbels, with several plumes lined with rows of spikelets. The genus is characterized by the series of sterile florets above the lowest fertile ones, spikes usually 4–10 in numbers (occasionally 1–2), approximated or in a slightly separated series of 10–20 spikes, rarely an indefinite numbers of terminal spikes (then usually up to 50 or rarely more, as seen in Chloris roxburghiana Schultes).[4][3] In India, 11 species are known to occur in which only two are endemic viz. Chloris wightiana Nees ex Steud. and Chloris bournei Rangachariar & Tadulingam. [4][3]
The genus was named for Chloris of Greek myth, a figure associated with flowers and spring.
- formerly included[2]
species now considered better suited to other genera: Aegopogon Austrochloris Bouteloua Chondrosum Chrysochloa Ctenium Cynodon Dactyloctenium Daknopholis Disakisperma Eleusine Enteropogon Eustachys Gymnopogon Harpochloa Leptochloa Oxychloris Pseudopogonatherum Schoenefeldia Tetrapogon Trichloris
References
- ↑ Tropicos, Chloris Sw.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Landge, Shahid Nawaz (16 June 2022). "Lectotypification of Chloris montana (Poaceae: Chloridoideae) and taxonomic notes on a few species from India". Phytotaxa 550 (3): 243–52. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.550.3.4. https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.550.3.4.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Landge, Shahid Nawaz (14 July 2022). "Lectotypification of Chloris bournei (Poaceae: Chloridoideae) and its distribution in India". Phytotaxa 554 (3): 293–296. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.554.3.8. https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.554.3.8.
- ↑ The Plant List search for Chloris
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 cocunty distribution maps
- ↑ "Chloris inflata". http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/AusGrass/key/AusGrass/Media/Html/CHLORIS/CHLINF.HTML.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2147082 entry
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