''Anomochloa'' is a monotypic genus of
flowering plants
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
in the
grass family, Poaceae. It is one of the two genera in its subfamily and the only genus in the tribe Anomochloeae.
[Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore. 1851.]
Annales des Sciences Naturelles
Botanique, séries 3. v 16: page 368 + plate 23 The only known species is ''Anomochloa marantoidea'', native to the
State of Bahia in eastern
Brazil
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
''Anomochloa'' is a terrestrial,
Generative characteristics
The oblong, laterally compressed
Cytology
The diploid chromosome count of ''Anomochloa'' is 2n = 36.[Kellogg, E.A. (2015)]
I. Subfamily Anomochlooideae Pilg. ex Potztal (1957).
In: Flowering Plants. Monocots. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol 13. Springer, Cham.
Taxonomy
It was published by Adolphe Théodore Brongniart in 1851.Anomochlooideae
Anomochlooideae is a subfamily of the true grass family (biology), family Poaceae. It is sister to all the other grasses. It includes perennial herbs that grow on the shaded floor of forests in the Neotropics. There are two genera, ''Anomochloa'' ...
, it is placed in its own monotypic tribe Anomochloeae.[USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyfamily?type=tribe&id=1293. Accessed 6 January 2025.][USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyfamily?type=subfamily&id=1858. Accessed 6 January 2025.]
Conservation
It is an endangered[Rafael Augusto Xavier Borges; Miguel d'Avila de Moraes. 2012]
''Anomochloa marantoidea'' (POACEAE).
Lista Vermelha da Flora Brasileira: Centro Nacional de Conservação da Flora/ Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. and extremely rare species.[João P Silva Vieira, Alessandra S Schnadelbach, Frederic Mendes Hughes, Jomar G Jardim, Lynn G Clark, R Patrícia De Oliveira, Ecological niche modelling and genetic diversity of ''Anomochloa marantoidea'' (Poaceae): filling the gaps for conservation in the earliest-diverging grass subfamily, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 192, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 258–280, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz039]
References
Monotypic Poaceae genera
Endemic flora of Brazil
Grasses of Brazil
Flora of Bahia
Taxa named by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
Poaceae
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