Biology:Megalachne

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Megalachne
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Loliinae
Genus: Megalachne
Steud.
Type species
Megalachne berteroniana
Steud.
Synonyms[1]
  • Pantathera Phil.

Megalachne is a genus of Chile an plants in the grass family, found only on the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Chile.[2][3][4][5] A genetic analysis found it to be most closely related to the extinct Podophorus, also endemic to the Juan Fernández archipelago. This clade was in turn found to be nested within a paraphyletic Festuca, most closely related to F. pampeana of South America.[6]

Species[7]
  • Megalachne berteroniana Steud.
  • Megalachne masafuerana (Pilg.) Matthei
formerly included[1]

see Eriachne

  • Megalachne zeylanica - syn of Eriachne triseta

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3753283 entry