Tribolium

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Danthonioideae
Genus: Tribolium
Sectiones: T. sect. Acutiflorae – T. sect. Tribolium – T. sect. Uniolae

Species: (16 sensu Linder (et al.) (2010))
T. acutiflorum – T. alternans – T. amplexum – T. brachystachyum – T. ciliare – T. curvum – T. echinatum – T. hispidum – T. obliterum – T. obtusifolium – T. pleuropogon – T. purpureum – T. pusillum – T. tenellum – T. uniolae – T. utriculosum
Name

Tribolium Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 168 (1831)
Type species: Tribolium hispidum (Thunb.) Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 168 (1831)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Lasiochloa Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 2: 556 (1832)
Allagostachyum Nees, Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 50 (1840) pro syn.
Urochlaena Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill.: 437 (1841)
Brizopyrum Stapf, Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 7: 318, 701. (1898) nom. illeg.
Hystringium Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (Steudel), ed. 2, 2: 11. (1841) nom. inval.
Plagiochloa Adamson & Sprague, J. S. African Bot. 7: 89 (1941)
Karroochloa Conert & Tu¨ rpe, Senckenberg. Biol. 50: 290. (1969) syn. nov.

References

Desvaux, N.A. (1831) Mémoires de la Société d'Agriculture, Sciences et Arts d'Angers 1: 168.
Linder, H.P., Baeza, C.M., Barker, N.P., Galley, C.A., Humphreys, A.M., Lloyd, K.M., Orlovich, D.A., Pirie, M.D., Simon, B.K., Walsh, N.G. & Verboom, G.A. (2010) A classification of the Danthonioideae (Poaceae), Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Tribolium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, (Plantae) Tribolium (Plantae). Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
Tropicos.org 2013. Tribolium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 6.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Tribolium. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2013.

Tribolium is a genus of African plants in the grass family, native to South Africa and neighboring countries.[2][3]

Species[1][4]

Tribolium acutiflorum
Tribolium alternans
Tribolium amplexum
Tribolium angustifolium
Tribolium brachystachyum
Tribolium capensis
Tribolium ciliare
Tribolium curvum
Tribolium echinatum
Tribolium hispidum
Tribolium obliterum
Tribolium obtusifolium
Tribolium pleuropogon
Tribolium purpureum
Tribolium pusillum
Tribolium tenellum
Tribolium uniolae
Tribolium utriculosum

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1831. Mémoires de la Société d'Agriculture, Sciences et Arts d'Angers 1: 168 description in Latin, commentary in French
Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1831. Mémoires de la Société d'Agriculture, Sciences et Arts d'Angers 1: plate 7, figure 2 on left line drawing of Tribolium hispidum
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