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Cyphonanthus , a new genus segregated from Panicum (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) based on morphological, anatomical and molecular data
Author(s) -
Morrone Osvaldo,
Scataglini M. Amalia,
Zuloaga Fernando O.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.1002/tax.562023
Subject(s) - panicum , biology , genus , taxon , botany , poaceae
Taxonomic features of Panicum discrepans , previously classified in subg. Agrostoides , sect. Discrepantia of Panicum , are reviewed and compared with other taxa in Paniceae. The new genus Cyphonanthus is proposed on the basis of morphological and molecular characters to include a species distributed from the Caribbean and Mesoamerica to Brazil and Bolivia. Affinities of the new genus with other genera of Paniceae are also discussed.