Pharus, the stalkgrasses,[3] is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family.[4][5]
| Pharus | |
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| Pharus latifolius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pharoideae |
| Tribe: | Phareae |
| Genus: | Pharus P.Browne[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pharus latifolius | |
As an early-diverging genus in its family, it is of interest for the study of the evolution of the grasses. Hence, the genome of P. latifolius has been sequenced.[6]
Species
edit- Pharus ecuadoricus Judz. - Ecuador
- Pharus lappulaceus Aubl. - Americas from Florida + San Luis Potosí to Uruguay
- Pharus latifolius L. - Americas from Cuba + Veracruz to Bolivia
- Pharus mezii Prodoehl - southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
- Pharus parvifolius Nash - southern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, West Indies
- Pharus virescens Döll - Central America, northern South America
- Pharus vittatus Lem. - Central America, Colombia
formerly included
edit[7] see Hygroryza Leersia Leptaspis Scrotochloa
- Pharus aristatus - Hygroryza aristata
- Pharus banksii - Leptaspis banksii
- Pharus ciliatus - Leersia hexandra
- Pharus natans - Hygroryza aristata
- Pharus urceolatus - Scrotochloa urceolata
References
edit- ^ Browne, Patrick 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts, page 344 description in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Tropicos, Pharus P.Browne
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pharus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ Emmet J. Judziewicz & Lynn G. Clark (2007). "Classification and biogeography of New World grasses: Anomochlooideae, Pharoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Bambusoideae". Aliso. 23: 303–314. doi:10.5642/aliso.20072301.25.
- ^ Judziewicz, E. J. 1994. 22. Pharus P. Browne. 6: 218–220. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- ^ Ma, Peng-Fei; Liu, Yun-Long; Jin, Gui-Hua; Liu, Jing-Xia; Wu, Hong; He, Jun; Guo, Zhen-Hua; Li, De-Zhu (2021-02-08). "ThePharus latifoliusgenome bridges the gap of early grass evolution". The Plant Cell. 33 (4): 846–864. doi:10.1093/plcell/koab015. ISSN 1040-4651. PMC 8226297. PMID 33630094.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ The Plant List search for Pharus
- ^ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
- ^ Catasus Guerra, L. 1997. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, I. Fontqueria 46: [i–ii], 1–259.
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