Melinidinae

Melinis minutiflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Melinidinae
Genera: Batochloa – Chaetium – Eccoptocarpha – Eriochloa – Megathyrsus – Melinis – Moorochloa – Rupichloa – Scutachne – Thuarea – Tricholaena – Urochloa – Yvesia

Name

Melinidinae Pilg. Nat. Pflanzenfam. (ed. 2) 14e: 95. (1940)

• Typus: Melinis P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. 54. (1812)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Brachiariinae Butzin (1970)
  • Thuarinae Ohwi (1942)
  • Tristegininae Harv. (1869) nom. illeg.
  • Melinidastrae Stapf (1917)

References

Primary references

• Pilger, R.K.F. 1940. Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Zweite Auflage 14e: 95.

Additional references

• Delfini, C., Salariato, D.L., Aliscioni, S.S. & Zuloaga, F.O. 2023. Systematics and Phylogenetic Placement of Panicum L. Species within the Melinidinae Based on Morphological, Anatomical, and Molecular Data (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae). Plants 12(2): 399. DOI: 10.3390/plants12020399 Reference page. 
• Morrone, O., Aagesen, L., Scataglini, L.M., Salariato, D.L., Denham, S.S., Chemisquy, M.A., Sedea, S.M., Giussani, L.A., Kellogg, E.A. & Zuloaga, F.O. 2012. Phylogeny of the Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae): integrating plastid DNA sequences and morphology into a new classification. Cladistics 28(4): 333-356 DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00384.x ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Salariato, D.L., Zuloaga, F.O., Giussani, L.M. & Morrone, O. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of the subtribe Melinidinae (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) and evolutionary trends in the homogenization of inflorescences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 355–369. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.009 ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Soreng, R.J., Davidse, G., Peterson, P.M., Zuloaga, F.O., Judziewicz, E.J., Filgueiras, T.S., Morrone, O. & Komaschenko, K. [2000 onwards.] World-wide Phylogenetic Classification of Poaceae (Gramineae). Catalogue of New World Grasses, Tropicos Project 10. Website. Reference page. 

Links

• Tropicos.org 2022. Melinidinae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Melinidinae. Published online. Accessed: October 25 2023.

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