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Streptochaeta

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Streptochaeta
Drawing of Streptochaeta spicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Anomochlooideae
Tribe: Streptochaeteae
C.E.Hubb.
Genus: Streptochaeta
Schrad. ex Nees.
Type species
Streptochaeta spicata
Schrad. ex Nees.
Synonyms[1]

Streptochaeta is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is the only genus in the tribe Streptochaeteae of the family Poaceae.[2][3][4]

The species of Streptochaeta are native to neotropical realm regions of North America, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.

As the genus is an early-diverging sister lineage in relation to most other grasses, the genome of S. angustifolia has been sequenced to study the evolution of the Poaceae.[5]

Species

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Species include:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1829. Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum 2(1): 536-538 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Streptochaeta Schrad. ex Nees
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ^ Seetharam, Arun S.; Yu, Yunqing; Bélanger, Sébastien; Clark, Lynn G.; Meyers, Blake C.; Kellogg, Elizabeth A.; Hufford, Matthew B. (2021). "The Streptochaeta Genome and the Evolution of the Grasses". Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.710383. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 8521107. PMID 34671369.
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