Podophorus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Festuceae
Subtribus: Loliinae
Genus: Podophorus
Species: P. bromoides
Name

Podophorus Phil., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 14: 648 (1856)
monotypic taxon

References

Philippi, R.A. (1856) Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 14(37): 648.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Podophorus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Podophorus. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
Tropicos.org 2013. Podophorus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Podophorus. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2013.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Podophorus. .

Podophorus is an extinct genus of plants in the grass family.[1][2][3][4] The only known species is Podophorus bromoides, which was native to Robinson Crusoe Island in the South Pacific Ocean. This is one of the Juan Fernández Islands, part of the Republic of Chile. The plant was last collected in the wild in the mid-19th century[5] and is now considered extinct.[6][7] A genetic analysis of the type material found it to be most closely related to Megalachne, also endemic to the Juan Fernández archipelago. This clade was in turn found to be nested within a paraphyletic Festuca, most closely related to F. pampeana of South America.[8]
References

Philippi, Rudolf Amandus 1856. Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 14(37): columns 648-649 in Latin
Philippi, Rudolf Amandus 1856. Anales de la Universidad de Chile 13: 169
Tropicos, Podophorus Phil.
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Hemsley, William Botting (1885). "Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Botany". Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76. Botany Vol. 1 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Wondermondo, Forest on Robinson Crusoe Island
Moreno-Aguilar, María Fernanda; Arnelas, Itziar; Sánchez-Rodríguez, Aminael; Viruel, Juan; Catalán, Pilar (2020-06-26). "Museomics Unveil the Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Neglected Juan Fernandez Archipelago Megalachne and Podophorus Endemic Grasses and Their Connection With Relict Pampean-Ventanian Fescues". Frontiers in Plant Science. 11: 819. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00819. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 7333454. PMID 32754167.