Genus of grasses
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]
^ Haenke, Thaddeus ; Presl, Carolus Bor. (1830). Reliquiae Haenkeanae (in Latin). Vol. 1. pp. 343–344 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library .
^ 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
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^ Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. (2008). "Alloteropsis " . The Grass Genera of the World . Retrieved 2009-08-19 .
^ Presl, Jan Svatopluk 1830. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(4–5): 343-344 in Latin
^ Presl, Jan Svatopluk 1830. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(4–5): plate XLVII (47) line drawing of Alloteropsis distachya (syn of A. semialata)
^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 519 毛颖草属 mao ying cao shu Alloteropsis Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 343. 1830.
^ Atlas of Living Australia, Alloteropsis C.Presl
^ Bor, N. L. 1960. Grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae). Pergamon Press, Oxford
^ 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
^ Clayton, W. D.; et al. (2006). "Alloteropsis Description" . Kew GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora . Retrieved 2013-03-08 .
^ 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 .