Poidium

Poidium calotheca

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Calothecinae
Genus: Poidium
Species: P. ambiguum – P. brasiliense – P. calotheca – P. itatiaiae – P. juergensii – P. serranum – P. uniolae

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Poidium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 November 24. Reference page.

Name

Poidium Nees in J.Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 450. (1836)

• Type species: Poidium brasiliense Nees, in J.Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 450 (1836)

Synonyms

• Briza sect. Poidium (Nees) Ekman
• Briza subg. Poidium (Nees) Parodi
• Chascolytrum sect. Poidium (Nees) L.N. Silva, L. Essi & Souza-Chies

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1836. A Natural System of Botany. Second edition. xxvi + 526 pp., London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman. BHL Reference page.  p. 450.

Additional references

• da Silva, L.N., Saarela, J.M., Essi, L. & de Souza‐Chies, T.T. 2021. A comprehensive species sampling sheds light on the molecular phylogenetics of Calothecinae (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae): Evidence for a new subtribe and multiple genera within the Chascolytrum clade. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 60(3): 691-712. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12750 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Poidium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov. 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Poidium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov. 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Poidium. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 23 2023. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 40013220. 21. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 2023 40013220. Reference page.

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