Biology:Streptochaeta

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Short description: Genus of plants

Streptochaeta
Streptochaeta spicata - Species graminum - Volume 3.jpg
Drawing of Streptochaeta spicata
Scientific classification e
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]
  • Lepideilema Trin.

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

Species include:[1]

  • Streptochaeta angustifolia Soderstr. — endemic to Espírito Santo state of southeastern Brazil, not seen in wild since 1972 and possibly an extinct species.
  • Streptochaeta sodiroana Hack. — Chiapas and Tabasco states of southern Mexico; all Central American countries except El Salvador; Ecuador; Peru; and Venezuela.
  • Streptochaeta spicata Schrad. ex Nees in C.F.P.von Martius — widespread from Veracruz (México), the Caribbean to Trinidad island, and South America to Paraguay.

References

External links

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