Alloteropsis

Alloteropsis
Alloteropsis cimicina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Boivinellinae
Genus: Alloteropsis
C.Presl[1]
Type species
Alloteropsis distachya
(syn. of A. semialata)
Synonyms[3]
  • Coridochloa Nees
  • Bluffia Nees
  • Holosetum Steud.
  • Pterochlaena Chiov.
  • Mezochloa Butzin

Alloteropsis (from the Greek allotrios ("strange") and opsis ("appearance")) is a genus of Old World plants in the grass family.[4][5][6][7][8][2][9][10]

The group is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical parts of Africa, Asia and Australia, as well as on certain islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[11] The genus is unusual among plants in that it includes species with both C3 and C4 photosynthetic pathways, and ongoing research is investigating these taxa as a case study in how carbon concentrating mechanisms for photosynthesis evolve in land plants.[12]

  1. ^ Haenke, Thaddeus; Presl, Carolus Bor. (1830). Reliquiae Haenkeanae (in Latin). Vol. 1. pp. 343–344 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ a b Hitchcock, A. S. 1909. Catalogue of the Grasses of Cuba. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12(6): 183–258, vii–xi Alloteropsis on pages 210-211
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference x was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. (2008). "Alloteropsis". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  5. ^ Presl, Jan Svatopluk 1830. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(4–5): 343-344 in Latin
  6. ^ Presl, Jan Svatopluk 1830. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(4–5): plate XLVII (47) line drawing of Alloteropsis distachya (syn of A. semialata)
  7. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 519 毛颖草属 mao ying cao shu Alloteropsis Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 343. 1830.
  8. ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Alloteropsis C.Presl
  9. ^ Bor, N. L. 1960. Grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae). Pergamon Press, Oxford
  10. ^ Clayton, W. D. & S. A. Renvoize. 1982. Gramineae (Part 3). 451–898. In W. B. Turrill & R. M. Polhill (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa . A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam
  11. ^ Clayton, W. D.; et al. (2006). "Alloteropsis Description". Kew GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
  12. ^ Ibrahim, D. G., et al. (2009). A molecular phylogeny of the genus Alloteropsis (Panicoideae, Poaceae) suggests an evolutionary reversion from C4 to C3 photosynthesis. Annals of Botany 103(1): 127–136. PMID 18974099.