Brachypodium | |
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Brachypodium pinnatum [3] | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Clade: | BOP clade |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Tribe: |
Brachypodieae Harz (1880) |
Genus: |
Brachypodium P.Beauv. 1812 not Brid. 1826 (a bryophyte) |
Type species | |
Brachypodium pinnatum | |
Synonyms [4] | |
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Brachypodium is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Africa, Eurasia, and Latin America. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] The genus is classified in its own tribe Brachypodieae. [11]
Flimsy upright stems form tussocks. Flowers appear in compact spike-like racemes with 5-25 flowers on each short-stalked spikelet in summer. Leaves are flat or curved. [12] [13]
According to a study published in 2010, there is evidence of Brachypodium and cattail ( Typha spp.) residues occurring on prehistoric human grinding tools dated 28,000 years ago from Bilancino in central Italy. [14] Another contemporaneously published study stated that the grain residues resemble Brachypodium, based on a comparison to two modern specimens: "Among these, the grains, which are slightly angular, with hardly visible centric, point-shaped hila and adequate dimensions (in the sample measuring 9–14 μm), appeared very similar to those of Brachypodium or related genera." [15]
numerous species once considered members of Brachypodium but now considered better suited to other genera: Agropyron Anthosachne Arundinella Brachyelytrum Brachysteleum Catapodium Cutandia Distichlis Elymus Festuca Festucopsis Lolium Micropyrum Poa Ptychomitrium Rostraria Triticum Vulpia
Brachypodium | |
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Brachypodium pinnatum [3] | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Clade: | BOP clade |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Tribe: |
Brachypodieae Harz (1880) |
Genus: |
Brachypodium P.Beauv. 1812 not Brid. 1826 (a bryophyte) |
Type species | |
Brachypodium pinnatum | |
Synonyms [4] | |
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Brachypodium is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Africa, Eurasia, and Latin America. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] The genus is classified in its own tribe Brachypodieae. [11]
Flimsy upright stems form tussocks. Flowers appear in compact spike-like racemes with 5-25 flowers on each short-stalked spikelet in summer. Leaves are flat or curved. [12] [13]
According to a study published in 2010, there is evidence of Brachypodium and cattail ( Typha spp.) residues occurring on prehistoric human grinding tools dated 28,000 years ago from Bilancino in central Italy. [14] Another contemporaneously published study stated that the grain residues resemble Brachypodium, based on a comparison to two modern specimens: "Among these, the grains, which are slightly angular, with hardly visible centric, point-shaped hila and adequate dimensions (in the sample measuring 9–14 μm), appeared very similar to those of Brachypodium or related genera." [15]
numerous species once considered members of Brachypodium but now considered better suited to other genera: Agropyron Anthosachne Arundinella Brachyelytrum Brachysteleum Catapodium Cutandia Distichlis Elymus Festuca Festucopsis Lolium Micropyrum Poa Ptychomitrium Rostraria Triticum Vulpia