Ischaemum

Murainagrass
Ischaemum sp. in Goa, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Ischaeminae
Genus: Ischaemum
L.
Type species
Ischaemum muticum
Synonyms[3]
  • Argopogon Mimeur
  • Arthrolophis Chiov.
  • Colladoa Cav.
  • Digastrium (Hack.) A.Camus
  • Ischaemopogon Griseb.
  • Meoschium P.Beauv.
  • Schoenanthus Adans.

Ischaemum is a genus in the tribe Andropogoneae, belonging to the grass family, widespread in tropical and semitropical regions in many countries.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Many species are known commonly as murainagrass.

In 2022, Shahid Nawaz (an agrostologist, The Blatter Herbarium (BLAT)) described an unusual species in the genus characterised by its dioecious breeding system, it was named as Ischaemum dioecum Landge & R.D. Shinde.[7] This species is endemic to a couple of locations in Western Ghats of Raigad district, Maharashtra, India.[7] The male and female plants are sexually separate individuals and occupy similar ecological niches.[7] This is the only dioecious species in the tribe Andropogoneae.[7]

  1. ^ lectotype designated by Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 193. 1929
  2. ^ Tropicos, Ischaemum L
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference r was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1049 in Latin
  5. ^ Catasus Guerra, L. 1997. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, I. Fontqueria 46: [i–ii], 1–259
  6. ^ Landge, Shahid Nawaz (30 June 2021). "Ischaemum mistryi (Poaceae: Andropogoneae): A new remarkable species from Sub-Tropical Evergreen Forest, India". Phytotaxa. 509 (3): 272–280. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.509.3.2. S2CID 237778210 – via Magnolia Press.
  7. ^ a b c d e Landge, Shahid Nawaz (18 February 2022). "Ischaemum dioecum (Poaceae: Andropogoneae): the most strangest new species from Northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India". Phytotaxa. 533 (5): 237–255. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.533.5.1. S2CID 246994613 – via Magnolia Press.
  8. ^ Landge, Shahid Nawaz; Shinde, Rajendra D. (2023-10-06). "On the identity and distribution of Ischaemum flumineum (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) in India". Phytotaxa. 619 (2): 182–188. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.619.2.6. ISSN 1179-3163.
  9. ^ Landge, Shahid Nawaz (7 February 2024). "On the identity of Ischaemum elimalayanum (Poaceae: Andropogoneae: Ischaemineae) with brief taxonomic notes on some allied congeners from India". Phytotaxa. 636 (2): 111–125. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.636.2.1 – via https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378010597_On_the_identity_of_Ischaemum_elimalayanum_Poaceae_Andropogoneae_Ischaemineae_with_brief_taxonomic_notes_on_some_allied_congeners_from_India. {{cite journal}}: External link in |via= (help)