Ciliochloa elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Cynosurinae
Genus: Ciliochloa
Species: Ciliochloa elegans

Ciliochloa elegans (Desf.) Röser, Tkach & Rasti, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 201-108204: 9 (2024).

Basionym
- Cynosurus elegans Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 82 (1798)
Homotypic
- Chrysurus elegans (Desf.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 123 (1812).
- Cynosurus echinatus subsp. elegans (Desf.) Bonnier & Layens, Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 365 (1894).
- Falona elegans (Desf.) V.Jirásek & Chrtek, Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1964: 26 (1964).
Heterotypic
- Cynosurus aurasiacus Murb., Acta Univ. Lund. 36(2; 1): 15 (1900)
  - Cynosurus elegans subsp. aurasiacus (Murb.) Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 1: 64 (1931).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Tkach, N., Rasti, S.L. & Röser, M. 2024. Disentangling conflicting molecular phylogenetic signals in nuclear and plastid DNA of the western Eurasian-Mediterranean grass genus Cynosurus and its relatives (Poaceae subtribes Cynosurinae and Parapholiinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 201(108204): 1–13. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108204 Reference page.