Alloteropsis

	Alloteropsis
	; Alloteropsis semialata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Plants
The kingdom :	Green plants
Department:	Flower
Class:	Monocotyledonous
Over Order :	Lilianae
Order:	Herb color
Family:	Cereals
Subfamily :	Prose
Tribe :	Prose
Rod:	Alloteropsis
International Scientific Name
	Alloteropsis J.Presl (1830)
Synonyms
	Bluffia Nees (1834); Coridochloa Nees (1833); Holosetum Steud. (1854); Mezochloa Butzin (1966); Pterochlaena Chiov. (1914);
Typical view
	Alloteropsis distachya J.Presl (1830) [= Alloteropsis semialata (R.Br.) Hitchc. ]

Alloterópsis (lat.) Is a genus of herbaceous plants of the family of cereals ( Poaceae ), common in the tropics of Africa, Asia and Australia.

Content

Description

Perennial herbaceous plants. Ligula fringed or fringed-membranous.

Common inflorescence consists of unbranched twigs with spikelets crowded on one side. The lower spikelet scales are much smaller than the upper one. Lower floral scales with awn (may be absent from the lowest ones).

Photosynthesis : C ₃ and C ₄ .

The chromosome number is 2n = 18, 54.

Types

According to the information of The Plant List database, the genus includes 5 species ^[2] :

Alloteropsis angusta Stapf (1919)
Alloteropsis cimicina ( L. ) Stapf (1919)
Alloteropsis paniculata ( Benth. ) Stapf (1919)
Alloteropsis papillosa Clayton (1978)
Alloteropsis semialata ( R.Br. ) Hitchc. (1909)

Notes

↑ On the conditionality of specifying the class of monocotyledons as a higher taxon for the group of plants described in this article, see the “APG Systems” section of the article “Monocotyledons” .
↑ Alloteropsis (English) . The Plant List . Version 1.1. (2013). The appeal date is January 2, 2017.

Literature

Kellogg EA 484. Alloteropsis J. Presl // Flowering Plants: [ eng ] . - Cham [etc.]: Springer, 2015. - P. 328-329. - 416 + XV p. - (The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: in XIII vols. / Ed. By K. Kubitzki; vol. XIII). - ISBN 978-3-319-15331-5 . - ISBN 978-3-319-15332-2 . - DOI : 10.1007 / 978-3-319-15332-2 .

[1] On the conditionality of specifying the class of monocotyledons as a higher taxon for the group of plants described in this article, see the “APG Systems” section of the article “Monocotyledons” .

[TPL-2] Alloteropsis (English) . The Plant List . Version 1.1. (2013). The appeal date is January 2, 2017.