A molecular phylogeny and classification of Leptochloa (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Chlorideae) sensu lato and related genera

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Authors

Paul M. Peterson · National Museum of Natural History

Konstantin Romaschenko · National Museum of Natural History

Gabriel Johnson · Laboratories of Analytical Biology

Abstract

The molecular results support the dissolution of Leptochloa s.l. into the following five genera: Dinebra with 23 species, Diplachne with two species, Disakisperma with three species, Leptochloa s.s. with five species and a new genus, Trigonochloa, with two species.

Topics & Keywords

Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Plant and fungal interactions

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Botany

Volume 109, Issue 7, pp. 1317-1330

DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs077

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