Oct 30, 2008 · The grass Alloteropsis semialata is the only plant species with both C3 and C4 subspecies. It therefore offers excellent potential as a ...
Widespread & hardy top end perennial grass. Tufted and deep rooted. Important early season food source for native finches, including Gouldian. 1-2M.
Alloteropsis semialata as a study system for C4 evolution in grasses
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Alloteropsis semialata is one of the best systems in which to investigate the evolution of C4 photosynthesis because the genetic and phenotypic variation ...
Alloteropsis J.Presl ... The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World.
Alloteropsis semialata (R.Br.) Hitchc. · Cockatoo Grass · Types. Collapse Expand · Specimens. Collapse Expand · Images. Collapse Expand · Misidentified.
Tufted annual. Culms up to 150 cm; nodes hairy. Lamina 5-20 mm wide, narrowly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, amplexicaul; margin tuberculate-ciliate.
Alloteropsis semialata (R.Br.) Hitchc. ... Name. Synonyms: Alloteropsis semialata subsp. eckloniana (Nees) C.E.Hubb. ... Alloteropsis semialata var. eckloniana ( ...
As for subsp. semialata but the leaf lamina is broad and flat, narrowing abruptly at the apex, the ribs of the basal sheaths are slender and the spikelets are ...
The spikelets of Alloteropsis semialata, a perennial, tufted grass are typically dark grey and quite conspicuous.
Alloteropsis semialata is a polymorphic species, and is unique among grasses in possessing leaf anatomy corresponding to both C3 and C4 photosynthetic types.