Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55 (2010) 580–598
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A classification of the Chloridoideae (Poaceae) based on multi-gene
phylogenetic trees
Paul M. Peterson a,*, Konstantin Romaschenko a,b, Gabriel Johnson c
a
Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, USA
Botanic Institute of Barcelona (CSIC ICUB), Pg. del Migdia, s.n., 08038 Barcelona, Spain
c
Department of Botany and Laboratories of Analytical Biology, Smithsonian Institution, Suitland, MD 20746, USA
b
a r t i c l e
i n f o
Article history:
Received 29 July 2009
Revised 31 December 2009
Accepted 19 January 2010
Available online 22 January 2010
Keywords:
Biogeography
Classification
Chloridoideae
Grasses
Molecular systematics
Phylogenetic trees
Poaceae
a b s t r a c t
We conducted a molecular phylogenetic study of the subfamily Chloridoideae using six plastid DNA
sequences (ndhA intron, ndhF, rps16-trnK, rps16 intron, rps3, and rpl32-trnL) and a single nuclear ITS
DNA sequence. Our large original data set includes 246 species (17.3%) representing 95 genera (66%)
of the grasses currently placed in the Chloridoideae. The maximum likelihood and Bayesian analysis of
DNA sequences provides strong support for the monophyly of the Chloridoideae; followed by, in order
of divergence: a Triraphideae clade with Neyraudia sister to Triraphis; an Eragrostideae clade with the
Cotteinae (includes Cottea and Enneapogon) sister to the Uniolinae (includes Entoplocamia, Tetrachne,
and Uniola), and a terminal Eragrostidinae clade of Ectrosia, Harpachne, and Psammagrostis embedded
in a polyphyletic Eragrostis; a Zoysieae clade with Urochondra sister to a Zoysiinae (Zoysia) clade, and a
terminal Sporobolinae clade that includes Spartina, Calamovilfa, Pogoneura, and Crypsis embedded in a
polyphyletic Sporobolus; and a very large terminal Cynodonteae clade that includes 13 monophyletic subtribes. The Cynodonteae includes, in alphabetical order: Aeluropodinae (Aeluropus); Boutelouinae (Bouteloua); Eleusininae (includes Apochiton, Astrebla with Schoenefeldia embedded, Austrochloris, Brachyachne,
Chloris, Cynodon with Brachyachne embedded in part, Eleusine, Enteropogon with Eustachys embedded in
part, Eustachys, Chrysochloa, Coelachyrum, Leptochloa with Dinebra embedded, Lepturus, Lintonia, Microchloa, Saugetia, Schoenefeldia, Sclerodactylon, Tetrapogon, and Trichloris); Hilariinae (Hilaria); Monanthochloinae (includes Distichlis, Monanthochloe, and Reederochloa); Muhlenbergiinae (Muhlenbergia with
Aegopogon, Bealia, Blepharoneuron, Chaboissaea, Lycurus, Pereilema, Redfieldia, Schaffnerella, and Schedonnardus all embedded); Orcuttiinae (includes Orcuttia and Tuctoria); Pappophorinae (includes Neesiochloa
and Pappophorum); Scleropogoninae (includes Blepharidachne, Dasyochloa, Erioneuron, Munroa, Scleropogon, and Swallenia); Traginae (Tragus with Monelytrum, Polevansia, and Willkommia all embedded);
Tridentinae (includes Gouinia, Tridens, Triplasis, and Vaseyochloa); Triodiinae (Triodia); and the Tripogoninae (Melanocenchris and Tripogon with Eragrostiella embedded). In our study the Cynodonteae still
include 19 genera and the Zoysieae include a single genus that are not yet placed in a subtribe. The tribe
Triraphideae and the subtribe Aeluropodinae are newly treated at that rank. We propose a new tribal
and subtribal classification for all known genera in the Chloridoideae. The subfamily might have originated in Africa and/or Asia since the basal lineage, the Triraphideae, includes species with African and
Asian distribution.
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1. Introduction
The grass (Poaceae) subfamily Chloridoideae was first validly
published by Beilschmied (1833), a German botanist and pharmacist, who used an earlier description of sect. Chlorideae by Kunth
* Corresponding author. Address: Department of Botany, MRC-166, National
Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10[th] and Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA. Fax: +1 202 786 2563.
E-mail address: peterson@si.edu (P.M. Peterson).
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(1815). That same year, Kunth (1833) published his Agrostographia
Synoptica in which he recognized the following genera in the group
(Chlorideae): Chloris, Ctenium, Cynodon, Dactyloctenium, Eleusine,
Eustachys, Gymnopogon, Harpochloa Kunth, Leptochloa, Microchloa,
Pleuraphis Torr., Schoenefeldia, Spartina, Triplasis, and 8 genera
now treated as synonyms of Bouteloua. Clearly our modern understanding of Chloridoideae is much greater, and there now appear to
be more than 1420 species in approximately 140 genera in the subfamily worldwide (Clayton et al., 2008; Watson and Dallwitz,
1992b).
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The core species in the subfamily share two structural synapomorphies: all exhibit Kranz or C4 leaf anatomy (except Eragrostis
walteri Pilg. from South Africa; Ellis, 1984) and most have chloridoid bicellular microhairs (broad, short terminal cell the same thickness as the basal cell) present on leaf surfaces. Two main subtypes
of C4 photosynthesis, NAD-ME (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
co-factor malic enzyme) and PCK (phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase), have been found and verified by biochemical assay to occur in Chloridoideae (Gutierrez et al., 1974; Brown, 1977;
Hattersley and Watson, 1992). Ecologically, there appears to be
some separation in habitat preference according to C4 subtype (Ellis et al., 1980; Hattersley, 1992). The PCK subtype is thought to
represent an apomorphy in grasses because this C4 cycle appears
to be a modification of the NAD-ME subtype (Hattersley and Watson, 1992). In addition, the PCK subtype is known only to occur in
grasses, whereas the NAD-ME subtype is also found in other monocot and dicot families (Hattersley and Watson, 1992; Peterson and
Herrera Arrieta, 2001).
Other character trends in Chloridoideae include a base chromosome number of x = 10, fruits (caryopses) with nonlinear hila that
are usually punctiform or small, embryos with elongated mesocotyl internodes, and two non-membranous (fleshy) lodicules (Soreng and Davis, 1998; GPWG, 2001). However, most of these
character trends are seen in the closely related subfamilies Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, Centothecoideae, Danthonioideae, and
Panicoideae of the PACCAD clade. A recent morphological and ecological description of the subfamily is given in GPWG (2001). Some
salient features include: plants herbaceous, rarely woody, occurring in dry climates, sheaths usually non-auriculate, inflorescence
paniculate, racemose, or spicate, spikelets bisexual or unisexual
(plants monoecious or dioecious) with one to many fertile florets,
usually laterally compressed, usually disarticulating above the
glumes, palea well developed, lodicules usually two, fleshy, ovary
glabrous, styles and stigmas two, caryopsis with pericarp often free
or loose, hilum short, endosperm hard without lipid, embryo with
an epiblast (usually), scutellar cleft, and elongated mesocotyl
internode.
The Chloridoideae have appeared monophyletic in all previous
molecular analyses, however the classification within the subfamily, until recently, has been controversial (Van den Borre and Watson, 1997; Soreng and Davis, 1998; Hilu et al., 1999; Hsiao et al.,
1999; Hilu and Alice, 2001; Roodt-Wilding and Spies, 2006;
Columbus et al., 2007; Peterson et al., 2007; Soreng et al., 2009).
Earlier studies based entirely on morphological characters, while
not entirely misleading in depicting closely related genera, were
often erroneous in elucidating evolutionary alignment of the tribes
(Hilu and Wright, 1982; Van den Borre and Watson, 1997). Clayton
and Renvoize (1986) recognized a large Eragrostideae tribe that included 77 genera whereas Columbus et al. (2007) and Peterson
et al. (2007), based on parsimony analyses of DNA sequences, have
circumscribed a much smaller Eragrostideae (±8 genera) and a very
large Cynodonteae (±60 genera) that included the following 10
subtribes: Boutelouinae, Chloridinae, Eleusininae, Gouiniinae,
Hilariinae, Monanthochloinae, Munroinae, Muhlenbergiinae,
Orcuttiinae, and Traginae. Roodt-Wilding and Spies (2006) investigated phylogenetic relationships among 38 southern African chloridoid species using trnL-F and ITS sequences. The largest
molecular phylogenetic survey of chloridoid grasses included 80
species in 66 genera (Columbus et al., 2007). A recent plastid multi-gene (three) phylogeny of the grasses incorporating 78 chloridoids provides a good estimate of the tribal relationships among
this subfamily (Bouchenak-Khelladi et al., 2008). A major problem
with this work is that it contains a large amount of missing data,
since 61 of the 78 chloridoid species are based on single gene sequence, 10 species are based on two genes, and only seven species
are based on three genes. Consequently, misleading results are re-
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ported such as Schedonorus, sister to Lolium in the Poeae, and Anisopogon in the Phaenospermateae are included in their
Chloridoideae assemblage (Davis and Soreng, 2007). Placement of
these two genera in the Chloridoideae was based on each containing a single rbcL sequence. Obviously, Schedonorus and Anisopogon
should have been omitted from their study.
In our study, we provide the latest estimates of the phylogeny
within the Chloridoideae by analyzing six sequences from the plastid genome — rps3 (coding), rps16 intron, rps16-trnK (spacer), ndhF
(coding), ndhA intron, and rpl32-trnL (spacer); and one from the
nuclear genome — ITS. To do this we assembled a large data set
including 254 species in 99 genera. We compare phylogenetic trees
based on ITS and plastid datasets, combine the data set in a total
evidence tree, discuss previous molecular and morphological studies where appropriate, interpret biogeographical relationships, and
present a new classification for the subfamily. Based on our phylogenetic evidence we propose a change in rank for two taxa, the
subtribe Triraphidinae and the tribe Aeluropodeae.
2. Materials and methods
2.1. Taxon sampling
The following 8 taxa were chosen as outgroups from the PACCAD clade: one species of Danthonia (Danthonioideae), two species
of Rytidosperma (Danthonioideae), two species of Aristida (Aristidoideae), and three species of Chasmanthium (Centothecoideae or
Centotheceae) (GPWG, 2001; Davis and Soreng, 2007). The Chloridoideae subset of data is partitioned as following: six species of
tribe Triraphideae, 34 species (two multiple accessions) of tribe
Eragrostideae, 18 species of Zoysieae (one multiple accession)
and 188 species (11 multiple accessions) of Cynodonteae. The dataset of Cynodonteae includes three species of subtribe Aeluropodinae, 10 species of Triodiinae, five species of Orcuttiinae, four
species of Tridentinae, six species of Tripogoninae, 51 species of
(five multiple accessions) of Eleusininae, 11 species of Traginae,
one species (one multiple accession) of Hilariinae, three species
(one multiple accession) of Monanthochloinae, 13 species of
Boutelouinae, 10 species of Scleropogoninae, and 33 species (one
multiple accession) of Muhlenbergiinae. In addition, the Cynodonteae includes 31 species (three multiple accessions) with uncertain
taxonomic or phylogenetic position.
Voucher information and GenBank numbers for 268 original
accessions representing 254 species are given in Appendix A. All
vouchers are deposited in the Smithsonian Institution, United
States National Herbarium (US). The majority of samples used
in this study were collected by PMP during the period from
1984 to 2008. In addition, we sampled older herbarium specimens to maximize the number of genera in the Chloridoideae.
Collections from areas we have not visited, i.e., India and Africa,
were included.
2.2. DNA extraction, primers design, amplification, and sequencing
All procedures were performed in the Laboratory of Analytical
Biology (LAB) at the Smithsonian Institution. DNA was isolated
using the BioSprint 96 DNA Plant Kit (Qiagen, Valencia, California,
USA) following the protocol of the manufacturer. PCR amplifications were performed in a MJ Research or PE 9700 thermal cycler.
Genomic DNA was combined with 1 reaction buffer (200 mM
Tris–HCl, 500 mM NH4) (Bioline Biolase Taunton, Madison, USA)
without Mg++, 2 mM MgCl2, 200 mM dNTP’s, 1.5 ll of Taq polymerase (Bioline Biolase Taunton, Madison, USA), 40 pmol/ll each of
forward and reverse primers. We targeted seven regions for
sequencing: three from chloroplast genome large single-copy re-
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gions (LSC) – rps3 (coding region), rps16 intron and 30 rps16–50 trnK
(spacer); three from small single-copy regions (SSC) – ndhF (coding
region), ndhA intron, and rpl32-trnL (spacer); and nrDNA ITS region.
Intergenic spacers rpl32-trnL (SSC) and rps16-trnK (LSC) are two of
the top ranked, most variable non-coding regions for phylogenetic
studies in the Angiosperms (Shaw et al., 2007). To our knowledge,
rpl32-trnL intergenic spacer and ndhA intron (SSC) have not been
previously used for phylogenetic inference within the Poaceae.
We have chosen the widely used ndhF gene (SSC) to recover phylogenetic relationships since it proved useful in other groups of
grasses (Giussani et al., 2001; Soreng et al., 2007). Another commonly used gene in phylogenetic studies of Poaceae, matK (LSC)
was initially considered as a comparative region to ndhF in our
dataset (Hilu et al., 1999; Hilu and Alice, 1999;2001; Soreng
et al., 2007; Schneider et al., 2009). However, difficulties with
amplification of matK over the entire range of species and especially for old samples encouraged us to explore other coding regions of the chloroplast genome that could fit the conditions of
easy amplification, of reasonable size with a sufficient amount of
parsimony informative characters (PIC’s). The rps3 (LSC) gene
was chosen as a substitute for matK in our analysis. To our knowledge, the rps3 region has not been used for phylogenetic inference
before. The combined datasets include 1574 sequences of the nuclear and chloroplast genome regions of chloridoid grasses and
49 sequences of the species from the adjacent phylogenetic groups
of the PACCAD clade.
Based on sequences of the complete chloroplast genome of Oryza,
Zea, Hordeum, Lolium, Triticum, and Agrostis available from GenBank
we designed primers for rps3 and ndhA intron regions and modified
or designed Poaceae specific primers for 30 rps16–50 trnK and rps16 intron regions. The programme FastPCR 4.0.27 was employed to adjust
the temperature and the quality of the newly designed or modified
primers in order to increase the PCR efficiency. The sequences, melting temperature, quality, and references for the primers used are
given in Table 1. The rps3 is a ribosomal protein S3 coding gene anchored at the 79300 position, according to the Oryza complete genome sequence, and flanked by the rpl22 (L22 – core protein of the
large ribosomal subunit encoding region) from 50 end and intergenic
spacer with rpl16 (L16 essential protein of the large subunit encoding region) from the 30 end. Unlike its mitochondrial analogue that
was previously used in phylogenetic studies (Jian et al., 2008), the
plastid rps3 gene lacks an intron and has reasonable size (720 bp
in Oryza and 678–684 bp in Chloridoideae) and is suitable for routine
amplification and sequencing with one pair of primers. The fraction
value of PIC’s to the total sequence length for this region is comparable to the value of such fast-evolving plastid protein-coding genes as
ndhF (Table 2). Two newly designed primers, rps3C28F and
rps3C697R are anchored in conservative zones close to the 50 and
30 ends of the gene. The labelling numbers indicate positions of the
primers from the first nucleotide of the start codon according to
the Oryza sequence. Using this set of primers the portion of the
rps3 gene of approximately 580 bp (excluding primers area) was easily amplified and sequenced for the majority of the samples.
Of roughly 2230 bp of entire ndhF gene, 740 bp fragment of
the most variable 30 end of the region was amplified and sequenced
using one set of forward and reverse primers, ndhF1311F and
ndhF2091R (Romaschenko et al., in press). We redesigned primers
for amplification and sequencing of the ndhA intron making them
less degenerate and more suitable for Poaceae than those designed
by Small et al. (1998) or Shaw et al. (2005). In addition, the amplification with newly designed primers, ndhA 4 and ndhA 3 was
steadier when working with older herbarium material. Both primers are anchored in flanking exons of the ndhA gene.
The amplification parameters for all plastid regions were: 95 °C
for 3 min; followed by 35 cycles of 94 °C for 40 s, 51–56 °C for 40 s
and 72 °C for 1 min 40 s; the temperature of the final extension
was set for 72 °C for 10 min. Most of the plastid regions chosen for
this study have a sequence length between 579 and 745 bp, which
is suitable for routine amplification using standard PCR parameters
and one set of primers for each region. The nuclear ribosomal ITS region was amplified using primers ITS4 and ITS5A using the following
thermocycler settings: initial denaturation step of 4 min at 95 °C,
followed 35 cycles at 94 °C for 30 s, 52 °C for 30 s, 72 °C for 1 min
30 s, and a final extension of 10 min at 72 °C (Table 1).
All PCR products were cleaned with ExoSAP-IT (USB, Cleveland,
Ohio, USA). DNA sequencing was performed with BigDye Terminator Cycle Sequencing v.3.1 (PE Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA,
USA) according to the following parameters: 80 °C, 5 min; 25 or 30
cycles of 95 °C for 10 s, 50 °C for 5 s and 60 °C for 4 min. Sequenced
products were analyzed on an ABI PRISM 3730 DNA Analyzer
7900HT (ABI). The regions rpl32-trnL, rps3, rps16 intron, 30 rps16–
50 trnK, ndhF (coding region) and ITS were sequenced in one direction. Relatively short regions (500–750 bp) covered by our primers
were easily interpreted allowing us to accumulate sequences from
different parts of the genome for phylogenetic inference (Shaw
et al., 2005;2007). Only ndhA intron (933 bp) was sequenced in
both directions and the program Sequencer 4.8 (Gene Code Corporation, 1991–2007) was employed to produce the contig sequence
for the entire region.
2.3. Phylogenetic analyses
Sequence alignment was done manually using BioEdit v.7.0.5.3
(Hall, 1999). The indels and ambiguously aligned regions were
Table 1
Regions studied, sequences, melting temperature (°C), and quality of primers used for PCR and sequencing.
Region
Primers
Sequence (50 –30 )
Tm
Quality
Reference
ndhF
ndhF2091R
ndhF1311F
trnL(UAG)
rpL32-F
GACCCACTCCATTGGTAATTC
ACTGCAGGATTAACTGCGTT
CTGCTTCCTAAGAGCAGCGT
CAGTTCCAAAAAAACGTACTTC
57.8
56.8
60.0
53.7
70
113
120
103
Romaschenko et al. (in press)
Romaschenko et al. (in press)
As Shaw et al. (2007)
As Shaw et al. (2007)
rps16-trnK
rpS16–900F
3914PR
TATCGAATCGTTGCAATTGATG
CATTGAGTTAGCAACCCAGATA
53.9
55.3
108
105
Modified rpS16R of Shaw et al. (2005)
Modified trnK3914F of Johnson and Soltis (1995)
rps3
rps3C697R
rps3C29F
TCTTCGTCTACGAATATCCA
TCAGACTTGGTACAACCCAA
57.8
53.4
105
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This study
rps16 intron
rpS16F
rpS16R
AAACGATGTGGTAGAAAGCAAC
ACATCAATTGCAACGATTCGATA
56.3
55.0
80
100
Modified as Shaw et al. (2005)
Modified as Shaw et al. (2005)
ndhA
ndhA 4
ndhA 3
ITS5a
ITS4
CTAGCAATATCTCTACGTGYGATTCG
GACTGTGCTTCAACTATATCAACTG
CCTTATCATTTAGAGGAAGGAG
TCCTCCGCTTATTGATATGC
53.9
53.7
53.7
55.0
55
69
82
38
rpl32-trnL
ITS
This study
This study
Stanford et al. (2000)
White et al., 1990
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Table 2
Summary of six plastid regions and nrDNA ITS used in this study.
Aligned sequence length (alSL)
Average sequence length (SL)
No. of taxa
No. of excluded characters
Proportion of excluded characters (%)
No. of parsimony informative characters
(PIC)
PIC/SL
PIC/TL
Tree length (TL)
Consistency index (CI)
Homoplasy index (HI)
Retention index (RI)
Rescaled consistency index (RC)
AIC
ndhF
rpl32trnL
rps16trnK
rps3
rps16
intron
ndhA
intron
Plastid
ITS
Combined
plastid + ITS
796
734
211
2
0.3
286
1389
695
246
364
26.2
385
1222
723
244
213
17.4
411
590
579
250
0
0.0
152
1368
745
225
0
0.0
283
1424
933
219
0
0.0
431
6789
4409
268
579
8.5
1948
814
669
234
89
10.9
428
7603
5078
268
668
8.8
2377
0.39
0.237
1205
0.3627
0.6373
0.7899
0.2865
GTR + G
0.554
0.259
1487
0.4385
0.5615
0.7997
0.3506
GTR + G
0.568
0.309
1328
0.4819
0.5181
0.8304
0.4002
HKY + G
0.263
0.263
577
0.3588
0.6412
0.7876
0.2826
TVM + G
0.380
0.319
886
0.5011
0.4989
0.8235
0.4127
TIM + G
0.462
0.293
1470
0.4687
0.5313
0.8243
0.3864
GTR + G
0.442
0.259
7534
0.4153
0.5847
0.7932
0.3294
GTR + G
0.640
0.093
4627
0.209
0.791
0.7346
0.1535
GTR + G
0.468
0.19.3
12332
0.3323
0.6677
0.7658
0.2545
GTR + G
excluded from analyses. The length of sequences and amount of
excluded data for each region is presented in Table 2. No data
was excluded from rps3, rps16 intron, and ndhA intron. All gaps
were treated as missing data. We used maximum likelihood and
Bayesian analysis to infer phylogeny. The maximum likelihood
analysis was conducted with the programme GARLI 0.951 (Zwickl,
2006). All separate and combined maximum likelihood analyses
were run under single model GTR + I + G. The maximum likelihood
bootstrap analyses were performed with the default parameters
with ‘‘bootstrapreps” option set for 1000 replicates. The majorityrule consensus tree of resulting best trees found for each bootstrap
reweighted dataset was constructed in PAUP* 4.0b10 (Swofford,
2000). The output file containing best trees found for each bootstrap reweighted dataset was then read into PAUP* 4.0b10
(Swofford, 2000) where the majority-rule consensus tree was constructed and bootstrap support values were calculated. Bootstrap
(BS) values of 90–100 were interpreted as strong support; 70–89
as moderate, and 50–69 as weak.
Bayesian posterior probabilities were estimated using MrBayes
3.01 (Huelsenbeck and Ronquist, 2001; Ronquist et al., 2005) and
the appropriate evolutionary models were selected using MrModeltest 1.1b (Nylander, 2002). MrModeltest selected models with
gamma-distributed rate variation across sites with number of substitution types Nst = 6 for almost all datasets with exception of the
30 rps16–50 trnK region where the HKY + G (Nst = 2) was selected as
best-fitted model by Akaike information criterion (AIC) (Table 2).
The plastid dataset and combined plastid + ITS dataset for Bayesian
analysis were then partitioned into two subsets that were processed implementing different parameters suggested by MrModeltest concerning the model for among site rate variation, number of
substitution types, substitution rates and gamma shape parameter.
All other parameters were left at default settings. Each Bayesian
analysis was initiated with random starting trees and was initially
run for two million generations with sampling frequency of the
chains set at the 100th iteration. The analysis was continued until
the value of standard deviation of split sequences dropped below
0.01 as convergence diagnostic value (Huelsenbeck and Ronquist,
2001). The fraction of the sampled values discarded as burn in
was set at 0.25. Posterior probabilities (PP) of 0.95–1.00 were considered statistically significant.
3. Results
3.1. Analysis of ITS sequences
The number of taxa included in the ITS analysis was 234
(including five outgroup); average sequence length was 669; num-
ber of PIC’s was 428; and the tree length was 4627 with a consistency index (CI) of 0.209, homoplasy index (HI) of 0.791, retention
index (RI) of 0.7346, and a rescaled consistency index (RC) of
0.1535 (Table 2). The best maximum likelihood tree with bootstrap
(BS) values shown above the branches and posterior probabilities
(PP) shown below the branches is illustrated in Fig. 1. The major
tribes within a monophyletic Chloridoideae (BS = 95, PP = 1.00)
are well resolved. The tribes Cynodonteae (BS = 69, PP = 1.00) and
Zoysieae (BS = 63, PP = 0.92) are sister, sister to this clade
(BS = 96, PP = 1.00) is the Eragrostideae (BS = 74, PP = 0.98), and
sister to this clade (BS = 100, PP = 1.00) is the Triraphideae
(BS = 97, PP = 1.00).
The Cynodonteae is composed of the following 13 well resolved
subtribes: Aeluropodinae (BS = 100, PP = 1.00), Boutelouinae
(BS = 94, PP = 1.00), Eleusininae (BS = 78, PP = 0.50), Tridentinae
(BS = 88, PP = 0.99), Hilariinae (BS = 100, PP = 1.00), Monanthochloinae (BS = 81, PP = 1.00), Muhlenbergiinae (BS = 75, PP = 0.52), Scleropogoninae (BS = 53, PP = 0.87), Orcuttiinae (BS = 100. PP = 1.00),
Pappophorinae (BS = 78, PP = 0.96), Traginae (BS = 100. PP = 1.00),
Triodiinae (BS = 91, PP = 1.00), and the Tripogoninae (BS = 53). There
is very little backbone support in the tree and relationships among
subtribes are not well resolved. The Aeluropodinae, Boutelouinae,
Orcuttiinae, Triodiinae, and Tripogoninae each contain multiple species in a single genus, Aeluropus (3 spp.), Bouteloua (12 spp.), Tuctoria
(2 spp.), Triodia (10 spp.), and Tripogon (2 spp.), respectively. The
Tridentinae includes four genera, Gouinia, Tridens, Triplasis, and
Vaseyochloa, each represented by a single species. The Hilariinae includes two accessions of Hilaria cenchroides. The Traginae includes
four genera: a polyphyletic Tragus that includes Monelytrum luederitzianum-Willkommia sarmentosa-Willkommia texana (BS = 69,
PP = 1.00) that are sister to four species of Tragus (BS = 100,
PP = 1.00), sister to all these species is Polevansia rigida (BS = 100,
PP = 1.00). The Tripogoninae includes Eragrostiella leioptera, Tripogon yunnanensis, and Tripogon spicatus as a clade (BS = 100,
PP = 1.00) and sister to this is Melanocenchris royleana (BS = 53).
The Monanthochloinae includes three genera: a polyphyletic Distichlis, imbedded is a clade with Monanthochloe littoralis and Reederochloa eludens (BS = 66, PP = 1.00). The Scleropogoninae includes six
genera: two species of Munroa are sister (BS = 100, PP = 1.00), sister
to this is Dasyochloa pulchella (BS = 100, PP = 1.00), sister to this clade
(BS = 100, PP = 1.00) are two species of Erioneuron (BS = 100,
PP = 1.00); two species of Blepharidachne are sister (BS = 77,
PP = 0.99), sister to this is an unsupported clade of Scleropogon brevifolius. Blepharidachne, Dasyochloa, Erioneuron, Munroa, and Scleropogon form a clade (BS = 78, PP = 1.00) and sister to this is Swallenia
alexandrae (BS = 53, PP = 0.87). The Muhlenbergiinae includes nine
genera (10 genera included in the plastid and combined tree): a poly-
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Fig. 1. Phylogram of best maximum likelihood tree from analysis of nuclear ITS data. Numbers above branches represent bootstrap values; numbers below branches are
posterior probability values; taxon colour indicates native distribution as follows: green = African, blue = Asian, purple = Australian, red = American (includes North and South
America). (For interpretation of color mentioned in this figure the reader is referred to the web version of the article.)
phyletic Muhlenbergia, embedded are clades of Bealia mexicana,
Blepharoneuron shepherdii, and B. tricholepis (BS = 86, PP = 0.99);
three species of Pereilema (BS = 54, PP = 0.63); two species of Aegopogon (BS = 100, PP = 1.00); Redfieldia flexuosa, Schedonnardus paniculatus; two accessions of Lycurus setosus (BS = 100, PP = 1.00); and
three species of Chaboissaea (BS = 99, PP = 1.00). The Eleusininae includes 20 genera: a polyphyletic Cynodon clade (BS = 100, PP = 1.00)
that includes Brachyachne convergens and B. tenella, sister to this is
Chrysochloa hindsii (BS = 52, PP = 0.65), sister to these is a clade
(BS = 84, PP = 0.97) of three species of Brachyachne (BS = 100,
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PP = 1.00); a polyphyletic Chloris clade (BS = 96, PP = 1.00) that includes a clade of Tetrapogon mossambicensis and Lintonia nutans
(BS = 60, PP = 0.98); two species of Lepturus (BS = 100, PP = 1.00);
two species of Microchloa (BS = 100, PP = 1.00); Tetrapogon spathaceus and T. villosus are sister (BS = 100, PP = 1.00), sister to this is
Saugetia fasciculata (BS = 90, PP = 1.00); two species of Eustachys
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(BS = 100, PP = 1.00); two species of Enteropogon (BS = 91, PP = 1.00);
three species of Astrebla (BS = 100, PP = 1.00) that is sister to Austrochloris dichanthioides (BS = 96, PP = 1.00); two species of Trichloris
that includes two accessions of T. pluriflora (BS = 100, PP = 1.00);
Ceolachyrum poiflorum and Eleusine indica are sister (BS = 78,
PP = 0.92), sister to this is Apochiton burtii (BS = 80, PP = 0.79); and
unsupported clades of Leptochloa dubia, L. uninervia, and Schoenefeldia transiens. The following genera do not align within these 13 subtribes: two species of Cleistogenes (BS = 100, PP = 1.00) form a clade
(PP = 0.99) with three species of Orinus (BS = 100, PP = 1.00); Leptochloa filiformis and Dinebra retroflexa (BS = 99, PP = 1.00) are sister,
sister to this is Leptochloa viscida (BS = 90, PP = 1.00); four species
of Dactyloctenium form a clade (BS = 100, PP = 1.00), sister to this is
Brachychloa schiemanniana (BS = 57, PP = 0.71), and sister to these
is Neobouteloua lophostachya (BS = 71, PP = 1.00); Bewsia biflora is
an unsupported sister to the Pappophorinae; Dignathia hirtella and
Gymnopogon grandiflorus are sister (PP = 0.55); three species of Perotis form a clade (BS = 98, PP = 1.00), sister to this is Mosdenia phleoides (BS = 100. PP = 1.00); two species of Ctenium (BS = 100,
PP = 1.00) form a clade, sister to this is a clade (BS = 69, PP = 0.97)
with two species of Trichoneura (BS = 99, PP = 1.00); male and female
accessions of Allolepis texana form a clade (BS = 100, PP = 1.00) that is
sister (PP = 0.71) with the Hilariinae; Jouvea pilosa is an unsupported
sister to the Boutelouinae; and two accessions of Sohnsia filifolia
(BS = 100, PP = 1.00) are sister to an unsupported clade containing
the Muhlenbergiinae and the Scleropogoninae.
Sister to the Cynodonteae is the Zoysieae that consists of two
well resolved subtribes, the Sporobolinae (BS = 100, PP = 1.00) and
the Zoysiinae (BS = 100, PP = 1.00). The Sporobolinae includes a
polyphyletic Sporobolus with Calamovilfa longifolia, Spartina densiflora, and a clade of two species of Crypsis (BS = 100, PP = 1.00)
embedded within. The Zoysiinae is represented by a single genus,
Zoysia with three taxa in two species. Sister to the Cynodonteae
and Zoysieae clade (BS = 96, PP = 1.00) is the Eragrostideae. The
Eragrostideae is composed of three subtribes, the Eragrostidinae
(PP = 0.90) is sister to the Uniolinae (BS = 53, PP = 0.94), this clade
is sister to Cottea pappophoroides (PP = 0.90), and sister to all is Enneapogon desvauxii (BS = 51, PP = 0.92) (Cottea and Enneapogon form a
well resolved Cotteinae in the plastid and combined tree, see Figs. 2
and 3). The Uniolinae contains a clade of two species of Uniola
(BS = 93, PP = 1.00) that is sister to a clade with Entoplocamia aristulata and Tetrachne dregei (BS = 54, PP = 0.92). Within the Eragrostidinae, Eragrostis is polyphyletic and embedded within is a clade of
three species of Ectrosia (BS = 99, PP = 1.00) that is sister to Harpachne harpachnoides (BS = 92, PP = 1.00); Psammagrostis wiseana is
an unsupported member of an Australian clade (BS = 73, PP = 1.00)
of Eragrostis that includes E. desertorum, E. dielsii, E. eriopoda,
E. kennedyae, E. lanicaulis, and E. pergracilis. The Triraphideae is sister
to the all remaining members of the Chloridoideae and this tribe
consists of two genera: two species of Triraphis (BS = 82, PP = 0.92)
form a clade that is sister to Neyraudia reynaudiana (BS = 97,
PP = 1.00).
3.2. Analysis of plastid sequences
The number of species included in the plastid analysis was 254
(268 total taxa, 14 species with two samples; 8 outgroup); average
sequence length was 4409; number of PIC’s was 1948; and the tree
length was 7534 with a consistency index (CI) of 0.4153, homoplasy index (HI) of 0.5847, retention index (RI) of 0.7932, and a rescaled consistency index (RC) of 0.3294 (Table 2). The overall
topology of the plastid-derived phylogram is very similar to the
ITS tree, although BS and PP values are usually higher for most
clades (Fig. 2). The Eragrostideae (BS = 96, PP = 1.00) and Zoysieae
(BS = 97, PP = 1.00) are now strongly supported and the Cynodonteae (BS = 85, PP = 1.00) is moderately supported. The Triraphideae
(BS = 91, PP = 1.00) includes a monophyletic Triraphis clade
(BS = 52, PP = 0.80) of five species that is sister to Neyraudia reynaudiana. Within the Eragrostideae, Cottea pappophoroides and Enneapogon desvauxii form a strongly supported Cotteinae clade
(BS = 100, PP = 1.00) that is sister to remaining members (BS = 91,
PP = 1.00). The Uniolinae (BS = 80, PP = 1.00) consists of Entoplocamia aristulata and Tetrachne dregei clade (BS = 74, PP = 1.00) sister
to a monophyletic Uniola with U. condensata and U. paniculata
(BS = 96, PP = 1.00). The Eragrostidinae still contains a polyphyletic
Eragrostis (BS = 91, PP = 1.00) with most nodes supported by high
BS and PP values. A major clade of Eragrostis species primarily from
the Americas and Africa (BS = 65, PP = 0.84) is sister to a strongly
supported clade of Harpachne harpachnoides plus three species of
Ectrosia (BS = 100, PP = 1.00), together these are sister to a strongly
supported Australian clade (BS = 100, PP = 1.00) of Psammagrostis
wiseana plus five species of Eragrostis. In the Zoysieae, Pogoneura
biflora is embedded within a polyphyletic Sporobolus and is aligned
in a clade with two species of Crypsis (BS = 100, PP = 1.00). The
bootstrap and posterior probability values (BS = 64, PP = 1.00) for
the Sporobolinae are lower than in the ITS tree. Urochondra setulosa
is sister to all remaining members of the Zoysieae (BS = 81,
PP = 1.00).
In the Cynodonteae, the 13 subtribes are well resolved although
the Eleusininae has no bootstrap value (PP = 1.00), Tridentinae
(BS = 61, PP = 1.00), Hilariinae (BS = 95, PP = 1.00), Orcuttiinae
(BS = 91, PP = 1.00), and Traginae (BS = 92, PP = 1.00) have somewhat lower support values and the Boutelouinae (BS = 100,
PP = 1.00), Monanthochloinae (BS = 97, PP = 1.00), Muhlenbergiinae (BS = 95, PP = 1.00), Scleropogoninae (BS = 99, PP = 1.00), and
Pappophorinae (BS = 89, PP = 1.00) have higher support values.
Lepturidium insulare, not in the ITS data set, is the closest sister
to the Muhlenbergiinae, followed by Sohnsia with weak support
(BS = 53, PP = 0.81). Alignment of the taxa within the Muhlenbergiinae is very similar to the ITS tree, although some support values are higher in the plastid phylogeny. Schaffnerella gracilis (not in
ITS data) is sister (BS = 88, PP = 0.99) to Lycurus and together these
are sister (BS = 78, PP = 0.99) to the Chaboissaea clade (BS = 100,
PP = 1.00). The Scleropogoninae is not the immediate sister to the
Muhlenbergiinae as in the ITS tree but is sister to the Sohnsia–Lepturidium–Muhlenbergiinae clade. Within the Scleropogoninae,
Scleropogon is the basal member and Swallenia is sister to Blepharidachne. Monanthochloinae is sister to the Boutelouinae
(BS = 77, PP = 1.00). In between the Pappophorinae and the Eleusininae is the Tripogoninae (PP = 1.00) that includes Melanocenchris
sister to Tripogon plus Eragrostiella embedded within. This same
relationship was recovered in the ITS phylogeny but the Tripogoninae was placed as sister to the Orcuttiinae. The Pappophorinae
falls between the Tripogoninae and the Traginae. Within the Eleusininae, Leptochloa uninervia is basal followed by Austrochloris
dichanthioides as sister to four species of Astrebla (BS = 63,
PP = 0.91) with Schoenefeldia gracilis embedded within. Lintonia nutans is embedded in a clade with four other species of Chloris
(BS = 90, PP = 1.00). Five species of Lepturus form a monophyletic
lineage (BS = 70, PP = 1.00) as does Microchloa (BS = 100,
PP = 1.00). Brachyachne chrysolepis, B. fibrosa, and B. pateniflora
again form a strongly supported clade (BS = 100, PP = 1.00), and
nine species of Cynodon form a strongly supported clade (BS = 90,
PP = 1.00) with Brachyachne convergens and B. tenella embedded
within (also found in the ITS tree). Saugetia forms a strongly supported clade (BS = 99, PP = 1.00) with two species of Tetrapogon.
In the incertae sedis genera, the Orinus clade (BS = 100, PP = 1.00)
forms a clade (BS = 70, PP = 1.00) with the Triodiinae (BS = 90,
PP = 1.00) and this clade is sister to the Aeluropodinae. Bewsia biflora and Gymnopogon grandiflorus are sister (BS = 78, PP = 1.00) and
they form a clade (BS = 61, PP = 1.00) with two species of Dignathia
(BS = 98, PP = 1.00).
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Fig. 2. Phylogram of best maximum likelihood tree from analysis of plastid data. Numbers above branches represent bootstrap values; numbers below branches are posterior
probability values; taxon colour indicates native distribution as follows: green = African, blue = Asian, purple = Australian, red = American (includes North and South
America). (For interpretation of color mentioned in this figure the reader is referred to the web version of the article.)
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Fig. 3. Phylogram of best maximum likelihood tree from analysis of combined plastid and nuclear ITS data. Numbers above branches represent bootstrap values; numbers
below branches are posterior probability values; taxon colour indicates native distribution as follows: green = African, blue = Asian, purple = Australian, red = American
(includes North and South America). (For interpretation of color mentioned in this figure the reader is referred to the web version of the article.)
3.3. Combined plastid and ITS sequences
The number of taxa included in the combined plastid and ITS
analysis was 268 (8 outgroup); average sequence length was
5078; number of PIC’s was 2377; and the tree length was 12332
with a consistency index (CI) of 0.3323, homoplasy index (HI) of
0.6677, retention index (RI) of 0.7658, and a rescaled consistency
index (RC) of 0.2545 (Table 2). The overall topology of the com-
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bined plastid and ITS-derived phylogram is similar to the plastid
tree. The major tribes within a monophyletic Chloridoideae
(BS = 100, PP = 1.00) are well resolved. The Cynodonteae (BS = 83,
PP = 1.00) and Zoysieae (BS = 88, PP = 1.00) form a clade
(BS = 100, PP = 1.00) and they are sister to the Eragrostideae
(BS = 98, PP = 1.00), and sister to all of these tribes is the Triraphideae (BS = 83, PP = 1.00).
Within the Cynodonteae, the Aeluropodinae, Boutelouinae,
Hilariinae, Monanthochloinae, Muhlenbergiinae, Scleropogoninae,
Orcuttiinae, Pappophorinae, Traginae, and the Triodiinae are
strongly supported clades (BS = 93–100, PP = 1.00). The Eleusininae
has only posterior probability support (PP = 1.00) and the Tridentinae (BS = 87, PP = 1.00) and Tripogoninae (BS = 83, PP = 1.00) are
moderately supported. There is support for relationships among
these subtribes since there is some structure within the deep nodes
of this phylogram. The Muhlenbergiinae is the most derived subtribe, there is weak support for the Sohnsia–Lepturidium–Muhlenbergiinae clade (BS = 66, P = 0.93), and the Scleropogoninae is
moderately supported as the sister to Sohnsia–Lepturidium–Muhlenbergiinae clade (BS = 83, PP = 0.99). The Boutelouinae and the
Monanthochloinae are weakly supported (BS = 67, PP = 1.00) as sister and the Hilariinae–Boutelouinae–Monanathochloinae–Scleropogoninae–Sohnsia–Lepturidium–Muhlenbergiinae
is
weakly
supported (BS = 67, PP = 1.00). The Traginae has posterior probability support (PP = 1.00) as sister to the Hilariinae–Boutelouinae–
Monanathochloinae–Scleropogoninae–Sohnsia–Lepturidium–Muhlenbergiinae clade. Alignment within the Eleusininae is very similar to that found in the plastid tree, again with strong support
(BS = 99–100, PP = 1.00) for the following: three species of Brachyachne, three species of Trichloris, a polyphyletic Astrebla with
Schoenefeldia gracilis embedded, four species of Chloris, and two
species of Microchloa. A polyphyletic Cynodon that includes Brachyachne convergens and B. tenella and five species of Lepturus are
moderately supported (BS = 89, PP = 1.00).
3.4. Nomenclature novelties
Based on our results we propose a new classification for the
Chloridoideae (Table 3) and the following names are necessary to
realign the genera now recognized in the subfamily. Merxmuellera
papposa (Nees) Conert, M. rangei (Pilg.) Conert, and the four species
now currently placed in Centropodia Rchb. are not included in the
proposed new classification since their placement as sister to the
Chloridoideae is equivocal in all molecular trees to date (Barker
et al., 1999, 2000; GPWG, 2001; Roodt-Wilding and Spies, 2006;
Bouchenak-Khelladi et al., 2008). One or both genera may possibly
align within the Chloridoideae but this has not been thoroughly
investigated.
Tribe Cynodonteae, subtribe Aeluropodinae P. M. Peterson,
stat. nov. — TYPE: Aeluropus Trin., Fund. Agrost. 143, pl. 12. 1820.
Basionym: Aeluropodeae trib. Nevski ex Bor, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 112:
184. 1965. Included genera: Aeluropus.
Tribe Triraphideae P. M. Peterson, stat. nov. — TYPE: Triraphis R.
Br., Prodr. 185. 1810. Basionym: Triraphidinae subtrib. Stapf, Fl.
Trop. Afr. 9: 22. 1917. Included genera: Neyraudia, Triraphis.
4. Discussion
4.1. Phylogenetic relationships
4.1.1. Tribes and subtribes
In our overall tribal relationships, Cynodonteae and Zoysieae
are sisters, and sister to this are Eragrostideae, and sister to all
are Triraphideae. This corroborates results by Hilu et al. (1999)
using only a few taxa, by Columbus et al. (2007) in their ITS and
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trnL-F study, and by Bouchenak-Khelladi et al. (2008) in their three
plastid gene (rbcL, matK, and trnL-F) survey of the grasses. Only the
latter study included members of the Triraphideae, and they found
it to be sister to the Eragrostideae, and these in turn sister to a
clade containing the Zoysieae and the Cynodonteae. Bell and
Columbus (2008a) reported in an oral paper and abstract that their
combined data set of ITS, trnL-F, and ndhF sequences yielded a tree
with the following order of divergence: ‘‘Triraphis, an Eragrostis
clade, and a Sporobolus clade that is sister to a large clade with
two sub lineages, one comprised of primarily Old World and cosmopolitan taxa and the other primarily New World.” Based on
matK sequences and a full sampling of genera and species, Hilu
and Alice (2001) found support for the recognition of the Zoysieae,
Eragrostideae, Cynodonteae, and Triraphis but their order of
derivation was equivocal. Our hypothesized phylogeny is the first
to verify with medium to strong support values the stepwise
derivation of the Triraphideae, Eragrostideae, Zoysieae, to the
Cynodonteae.
In the Triraphideae, Bouchenak-Khelladi et al. (2008) were first
to show strong support for Neyraudia and Triraphis as being sister.
We offer moderate support for the monophyly of Triraphis having
sampled five of the seven known species. Clayton and Renvoize
(1986) pointed out that Triraphis was perhaps an ally of Neyraudia
since both genera possess slender panicoid-like microhairs and the
two have keeled lemmas that are villous on the lateral nerves
(Watson and Dallwitz, 1992a). Hilu and Alice (2001) and Bouchenak-Khelladi et al. (2008) who both used the same matK sequence
place this taxon in the Uniolinae. We have ITS and rps16-spacer sequences support (although only weakly) for Tetrachne as sister to
Uniola. We have moderate to strong support (BS = 85, PP = 1.00)
for order of divergence of the Cotteinae, Uniolinae, and the Eragrostidinae. Within the Eragrostidinae, our data indicate that Eragrostis is polyphyletic since three genera (Ectrosia, Harpachne
harpachnoides, and Psammagrostis wiseana) are embedded within.
We advocate subsuming the previous three genera within Eragrostis since it would be much easier to expand the circumscription
than to begin splitting out small clades within this large genus
(400 + spp., Simon et al., 2009). Ectrosia along with Pogonarthria
squarrosa (Roem. & Schult.) Pilg. were found embedded within a
polyphyletic Eragrostis (Columbus et al., 2007). Based on a survey
of rps16 and nuclear waxy gene sequences from a broad range of
Eragrostis species, Ingram and Doyle (2003, 2004, 2007) have advocated that other small segregate genera such as Acamptoclados
Nash, Diandrochloa De Winter, and Neeragrostis Bush be included
with Eragrostis. Roodt-Wilding and Spies (2006) in their ITS and
trnL-F strict consensus tree found Catalepis, Cladoraphis, and Pogonarthria all embedded in a polyphyletic Eragrostis clade. There is a
geographic signal within our expanded Eragrostis since the clade
containing Psammagrostis wiseana, E. desertorum, E. dielsii, E. eriopoda, E. lanicaulis, and E. pergracilis, all endemic to Australia, are
sister to the remaining species in the genus. The thickened to coriaceous spikelets of Psammagrostis are very similar to those found in
E. dielsii and E. lanicaulis (Clayton and Renvoize, 1986; Lazarides,
1997). Harpachne has a raceme inflorescence with reflexed spikelets that are very similar to other species of Eragrostis whereas
species of Ectrosia have 1-nerved glumes and awned lemmas that
are 1–3-nerved (Watson and Dallwitz, 1992a; Nightingale and
Weiller, 2005a). Mucronate lemmas have been reported for a few
species of Eragrostis but by addition of the 12 Australian–Malaysian species of Ectrosia the circumscription will need emendation.
Sister to the Eragrostidinae is the Uniolinae where we provide
the first molecular evidence for Entoplocamia and Tetrachne
(BS = 75, PP = 1.00 in Fig. 3) each monotypic genera from Africa,
as being sister to two species of Uniola. Clayton (1982) included
Fingerhuthia Staph and Tetrachne in this subtribe, and this has been
corroborated with molecular studies (Hilu and Alice, 2001; Colum-
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Table 3
A proposed tribal and subtribal classification of genera in subfamily Chloridoideae (Poaceae). The proposed assignments are based on plastid and nuclear DNA analyses (*= not
examined in this study) and/or morphology. See footnotes legend below for placement of taxon by Clayton and Renvoize (1986).
Subfamily Chloridoideae
Incertae sedis: *Afrotrichloris Chiov., *Daknopholis Clayton, *Decaryella A. Camus, *Desmostachya (Hook.f) Stapf, *Drake-Brockmania Stapf, *Farrago Clayton, *Habrochloa
C.E. Hubb., *Halopyrum Stapf, *Hubbardochloa Auquier, *Indopoa Bor, *Kampochloa Clayton, *Kaokochloa De Winter, *Leptocarydion Stapf, *Leptothrium Kunth,
*Lepturopetium Morat, *Lophachme Stapf, *Myriostachya (Benth.) Hook.f., *Neostapfiella A. Camus, *Ochthochloa Edgew., *Odyssea Stapf, *Oropetium Trin.,*Pogonochloa
C.E. Hubb., *Pommereulla L.f., *Pseudozoysia Chiov., *Psilolemma S.M. Phillips, *Silentvalleya V.J. Nair, *Tetrachaete Chiov., *Viguierella A. Camus
Tribe Triraphideae P.M. Peterson: Neyraudia Hook. f.a, Triraphis R. Br.a
Tribe Eragrostideae Stapf
Incertae sedis: *Cladoraphis Franch.
Subtribe Cotteinae Reederb: Cottea Kunthb, Enneapogon P. Beauv.b, *Schmidtia Steud. ex J.A. Schmidt
Subtribe Eragrostidinae J. Presla: *Catalepis Stapf, Ectrosia R. Br.a [includes *Ectrosiopsis (Ohwi) Ohwi ex Jansen, see Nightingale and Weiller, 2005], Eragrostis
Wolfa(includes *Acamptoclados Nash, *Diandrochloa De Winter, and Neeragrostis Bush), Harpachne A. Rich.a, *Heterachne Benth., *Pogonarthria Stapf, Psammagrostis
C.A. Gardner & C.E. Hubb.a, *Richardsiella Elffers & Kenn.-O’Byrne, *Steirachne Ekman
Subtribe Uniolinae Clayton: Entoplocamia Stapf, *Fingerhuthia Nees ex Lehm., *Stiburus Stapf, Tetrachne Nees, Uniola L.
Tribe Zoysieae Benth.c
Incertae sedis: Urochondra C.E. Hubb.d
Subtribe Zoysiinae Benth.c: Zoysia Willd.
Subtribe Sporobolinae Benthe: Calamovilfa (A. Gray) Scribn.d, Crypsis Aitond, Pogoneura Nappera, Spartina Schreb.f, Sporobolus R. Br.d, *Thellungia Stapf
Tribe Cynodonteae Dumort.
Incertae sedis: Acrachne Wight & Arn. ex Chiov.a, Allolepis Soderstr. & H.F. Deckerg, Bewsia Goossensa, Brachychloa S.M. Phillipsa, Cleistogenes Kenga, Craspedorhachis
Benth.f, Ctenium Panz.f, Dactyloctenium Willd.a, Dignathia Stapfm, Gymnopogon P. Beauv.f, Jouvea E. Fourn.g, Lepturidium Hitchc. & Ekmanf, Lopholepis Decne.m,
Mosdenia Stentl, Neobouteloua Gouldl, Orinus Hitchc.a, Perotis Aitonl, Sohnsia Airy Shawa, Trichoneura Anderssona
Subtribe Aeluropodinae P.M. Peterson: Aeluropus Trin.e
Subtribe Triodiinae Benth.g: *Monodia S.W.L. Jacobs, *Symplectrodia Lazarides, Triodia R. Br. (includes *Plectrachne Henrard see Lazarides et al., 2005)
Subtribe Orcuttiinae P.M. Peterson & Columbush: *Neostapfia Burtt Davy, Orcuttia Vasey, Tuctoria Reeder
Subtribe Tridentinae Keng & Keng f.a: Gouinia E. Fourn. ex Benth. & Hooka (includes Schenckochloa J.J. Ortiz), Tridens Roem. & Schult.a, Triplasis P. Beauv.a, Vaseyochloa
Hitchc.a
Subtribe Eleusininae Dumort.e: Apochiton C.E. Hubb.a, Astrebla F. Muell.i, Austrochloris Lazaridesf, Brachyachne (Benth.) Stapff, Chloris Sw.f, Chrysochloa Swallenf,
Coelachyrum Hochst. & Neesa(includes Coelachyropsis Bor, Cypholepis Chiov.), Cynodon Rich.f, Dinebra Jacq.a, Eleusine Gaertn.a, Enteropogon Neesf, Eustachys Desv.f,
*Harpochloa Kunth, Leptochloa P. Beauv.a, Lepturus R. Br.j, Lintonia Stapfi, Microchloa R. Br.f, *Oxychloris Lazarides, *Rendlia Chiov., *Rheochloa Filg., P.M. Peterson & Y.
Herrera, Tetrapogon Desf.f, Trichloris Benth.f, Saugetia Hitchc. & Chasek, Schoenefeldia Kunthf, Sclerodactylon Stapfa
Subtribe Tripogoninae Stapfa: Eragrostiella Bora, Melanocenchris Neesl, Tripogon Roem. & Schult.a
Subtribe Pappophorinae Dumort.b: Neesiochloa Pilg.a, Pappophorum Schreb.b
Subtribe Traginae P.M. Peterson & Columbus: Monelytrum Hack.m, Polevansia De Winterf, Tragus Hallerm, Willkommia Hack.f
Subtribe Hilariinae P.M. Peterson & Columbus: Hilaria Kunthl, *Pleuraphis Torr.n
Subtribe Monanthochloinae Pilg. ex Potztale: Distichlis Raf. (includes Monanthochloe Engelm., Reederochloa Soderst. & H.F. Decker)
Subtribe Boutelouinae Stapf: Bouteloua Lag. (includes Buchloe Engelm., *Buchlomimus Reeder, C. Reeder & Rzed., Cathesticum J. Presl, Chondrosum Desv., Cyclostachya
Reeder & C. Reeder, *Griffithsochloa G.J. Pierce, Opizia J. Presl, *Pentarraphis Kunth, *Pringleochloa Scribn., and *Soderstromia C.V. Morton, see Columbus, 1999)
Subtribe Scleropogoninae Pilg.a: Blepharidachne Hack.a, Dasyochloa Rydb.o, Erioneuron Nasha, Munroa Torr.a, Scleropogon Phil.a, Swallenia Soderstr. & H.F. Deckerg
Subtribe Muhlenbergiinae Pilg.d: Aegopogon Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.l, Bealia Scribn.p, Blepharoneuron Nasha, Chaboissaea E. Fournp, Lycurus Kunthd, Muhlenbergia
Schreb.d, Pereilema J. Presld, Redfieldia Vaseya, Schaffnerella Nashl, Schedonnardus Steud.f
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tribe Eragrostideae, subtribe Eleusininae.
tribe Pappophoreae Kunth.
tribe Cynodonteae.
tribe Eragrostideae, subtribe Sporobolinae.
tribe Eragrostideae.
tribe Cynodonteae, subtribe Chloridinae J. Presl.
tribe Eragrostideae, subtribe Monanthochloinae.
tribe Orcuttieae Reeder.
tribe Cynodonteae, subtribe Pommereullinae Pilg. ex Potztal.
tribe Leptureae Holmberg.
Enteropogon.
subtribe Boutelouinae.
subtribe Zoysiinae.
Hilaria.
Erioneuron.
Muhlenbergia.
bus et al., 2007; Bouchenak-Khelladi et al.,2008). Roodt-Wilding
and Spies (2006) in their strict consensus tree of ITS sequence data
found strong support for a clade containing Entoplocamia and
Fingerhuthia. All three genera have a raceme inflorescence, a line
of hairs for the ligule, and 5–11-nerved lemmas (Watson and Dall-
witz, 1992a). The basal member of the Eragrostideae is the Cotteinae and this has been recovered along with the inclusion of
Schmidtia Steud. ex J.A. Schmidt in other molecular studies (Hilu
and Alice, 2001; Columbus et al., 2007; Bouchenak-Khelladi et al.,
2008).
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The Sporobolinae in our study includes a polyphyletic Sporobolus with Calamovilfa, Crypsis, Pogoneura, and Spartina embedded
within. These genera have been verified as being embedded with
Sporobolus in other molecular studies with the exception of
Pogoneura (reported here) (Ortiz-Diaz and Culham, 2000; Hilu
and Alice, 2001; Columbus et al., 2007; Bouchenak-Khelladi et al.,
2008). Even though Sporobolus includes 200 species worldwide (Simon et al., 2009) and sampling within the genus for molecular
studies have been rather small (42 species in Ortiz-Diaz and Culham, 2000), we recommend expansion of Sporobolus to include
these genera. The monotypic genus, Pogoneura biflora from east
Africa, is morphologically quite distinct from others members of
Sporobolus since it has 2 or 3-flowered spikelets with short awned
lemmas (Clayton and Renvoize, 1986). Sister to the Sporobolinae
and Zoysiinae in our plastid and combined trees (we lack ITS sequence) is Urochondra setulosa, a monotypic species from northeast
Africa. Like Zoysia, Urochondra has 1-flowered spikelets with 1nerved and awnless glumes, 1-nerved lemmas, and lacks lodicules
(Watson and Dallwitz, 1992a).
The most derived tribe within the Chloridoideae, the Cynodonteae exhibits a wide range of morphological variation and we currently recognize 13 well supported subtribes. Relationships among
these subtribes are fairly well elucidated since there are support
indexes at many of the deep nodes in our combined plastid-ITS
phylogram. Our clade uniting, in order of divergence, the Hilariinae
with Allolepis and Jouvea, Monanthochloinae, Boutelouinae, Scleropogoninae, Sohnsia, Lepturidium, and Muhlenbergiinae is almost
entirely New World (western hemisphere) in origin and current
distribution.
The Muhlenbergiinae are here represented by 33 species and it
is clear that Muhlenbergia is polyphyletic and that Aegopogon, Bealia, Blepharoneuron, Chaboissaea, Lycurus, Pereilema, Redfieldia,
Schaffnerella, and Schedonnardus are nested within (Duvall et al.,
1994; Columbus et al., 2007;in press; Peterson et al., in review).
The subgeneric classification within the Muhlenbergiinae has recently been studied and there is strong support for a subgeneric
classification to recognize five clades (Peterson, 2000; Peterson
and Herrera Arrieta, 2001; Peterson et al., in review). In the combined plastid and ITS tree in Peterson et al. (in review) there is
moderate support for M. sect. Bealia that includes Bealia, two species of Blepharoneuron, M. arenicola, and M. torreyi (BS = 83,
PP = 0.95); strong support of M. subg. Trichochloa that includes M.
emersleyi, M. gigantea, M. macroura, M. rigens, and M. rigida
(BS = 99, PP = 1.00); strong support for M. subg. Muhlenbergia that
includes two species of Aegopogon, three species of Pereilema, M.
appressa, M. brandegei, M. racemosa, and M. schreberi (BS = 100,
PP = 0.99); strong support for M. subg. Clomena that includes M. flaviseta, M. montana, and M. peruviana; and strong support for a M.
unranked Pseudosporobolus clade that contains three species of
Chaboissaea, two species of Lycurus, Redfieldia, Schaffnerella, Schedonnardus, M. arenacea, M. richardsonis, and M. uniflora (BS = 92,
PP = 0.66).
Sister to the Muhlenbergiinae–Lepturidium–Sohnsia clade is the
Scleropogoninae that consists of the following six genera: Blepharidachne, Dasyochloa, Erioneuron, Munroa, Scleropogon, and
Swallenia. In a combined ITS and trnL-F tree, Columbus et al.
(2007) obtained strong support for a clade of Dasyochloa, Erioneuron, and Munroa. In this same tree Columbus et al. (2007) recovered an
unsupported
clade containing Blepharidachne,
Scleropogon, and Swallenia. Morphologically, these species share
lemmas that are often chartaceous to coriaceous with ciliate margins and usually narrow and condensed inflorescences (Watson
and Dallwitz, 1992a). Florets are perfect in Dasyochloa, Erioneuron,
and Swallenia, can be unisexual in Blepharidachne and Munroa,
while individual plants of Scleropogon are male or female (dioecious) or sometimes of both sexes (monoecious). We provide the
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first molecular support for including Blepharidachne, Scleropogon,
and Swallenia in the Scleropogoninae, hence placing Munroinae
in synonymy (Peterson et al., 1995).
In our study the Monanthochloinae and Boutelouinae are sister (BS = 67, PP = 1.00 in Fig. 3) and both subtribes have been
the subject of molecular studies. Based on ITS and trnL-F sequences Columbus (1999) and Columbus et al. (1998, 2000) subsumed nine genera (many of these were unisexual) to
accommodate a monophyletic Bouteloua. We also support this
view since at least three (Buchloe, Cathestecum, and Opizia) were
included in our analysis and all our trees depict a strongly supported Boutelouinae (excluding Neobouteloua). In a three gene
study (ITS, ndhF, and trnL-F) of the Monanthochloinae, Bell and
Columbus, 2008b proposed expanding Distichlis to include two
species of Monanthochloe and Reederochloa eludens (=Distichlis eludens (Soderstr. & H. F. Decker) H. L. Bell & Columbus). Our data
does not refute this decision and we agree with their interpretation even though our combined and plastid trees placed M. littoralis and Reederochloa in a clade as sister to the remaining three
species of Distichlis. Our analysis did not include M. acerosa (Griseb.) Speg. (=Distichlis acerosa (Griseb.) H. L. Bell & Columbus) or
Distichlis australis (Speg.) Villamil, both members of a clade with
M. littoralis (=Distichlis littoralis (Engelm.) H. L. Bell & Columbus)
and Reederochloa that was sister to all other species of Distichlis
(Bell and Columbus, 2008b).
The Traginae in our study includes a polyphyletic Tragus and
Willkommia with a single species of Monelytrum (ditypic) and Polevansia (monotypic) imbedded within. Clayton and Renvoize
(1986) indicate that Polevansia is ‘‘like Willkommia” in that both
have Inflorescences with several racemes on an elongated axis
and dorsally compressed spikelets; while Tragus and Monelytrum
have cylindrical false racemes with each branch short pedunculate,
dorsally compressed spikelets, and lower glumes that are usually
reduced to small scales. Columbus et al. (2007) was first to link
Willkommia with Tragus where they were aligned as a pair with
strong support. Our study is the first molecular evidence to link
Monelytrum and Polevansia with Tragus–Willkommia. Six out of
eight possible species of Tragus and three of the four species of
Willkommia are included in our study (Clayton et al. 2008). This
is very strong evidence for placing Willkommia within Tragus and
it appears that Monelytrum and Polevansia should also be subsumed within Tragus. Species of this tribe are distributed in Africa
and only Willkommia texana is endemic to the New World in USA
and Argentina.
We provide the first molecular support for including Neesiochloa (monotypic) in the Pappophorinae. All nine species of Pappophorum and Neesiochloa barbata are from the New World. The
alignment of this subtribe is interesting since it is not part of the
New World clade of Hilariinae–Jouvea–Allolepis–Monanthochloinae–Boutelouinae–Scleropogoninae–Sohnsia–Lepturidium–Muhlenbergiinae clade but is found in a different position in each of the
three trees.
We have moderate support (BS = 83, PP = 1.00 in the combined tree) for the Tripogoninae where Tripogon is polyphyletic
with two species of Eragrostiella embedded within. Sister to this
are two species of Melanocenchris. This is the first time that
Eragrostiella and Tripogon have been linked and they are morphologically similar since both have winged paleas, strongly
keeled and glabrous lemmas that are 1–3-nerved, and spike to
racemose inflorescences (Watson and Dallwitz, 1992a). We recommend realignment of Tripogon to include Eragrostiella.
Columbus et al. (2007) found Melanocenchris sister to Tripogon
in their strict consensus tree based on trnL-F and ITS sequences.
Most species in this subtribe are from the Old World tropics to
Australia and a single species is found in tropical America
(Clayton et al., 2008).
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We have low bootstrap values (BS = 78 in ITS tree) but high posterior probability (PP = 1.00 in combined tree) for the Eleusininae
and we have pretty good structure for this large and enigmatic
subtribe. The Eleusininae as here recognized is a combination of
the Pommereullinae, Chloridinae, and Eleusininae sensu Clayton
and Renvoize (1986) and earlier authors. Morphologically and geographically this is a very diverse group although most species have
racemose inflorescences and many species are found in tropical
environments in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Americas, and Australia. Our trees lend support for the monophyly of Lepturus, Microchloa, and Trichloris; and support the expansion of the following:
Astrebla (Schoenefeldia gracilis embedded in overall tree only), Chloris (Lintonia and Tetrapogon mossambicensis as sister or embedded
within), Cynodon (Brachyachne convergens and B. tenella embedded), and Enteropogon (Eustachys distichophylla embedded in plastid and combined trees). Brachyachne, Eustachys, Leptochloa, and
Tetrapogon are all clearly polyphyletic, although there is strong
support for three species of Brachyachne (BS = 100, PP = 1.00 in all
trees), two species of Eustachys (BS = 100, PP = 1.00 in all trees),
and two species of Tetrapogon (BS = 100, PP = 1.00 in all trees).
Clearly there is more work to be done to sort out relationships
among these genera and to determine monophyletic lineages. This
subtribe recovered by Roodt-Wilding and Spies (2006) whose strict
consensus trees obtained from ITS and the combined ITS trnL-F
sequences indicates moderate to strong support for a clade containing Chloris, Cynodon, Eustachys, Harpochloa, Microchloa, and
Rendlia.
The identical four genera (Gouinia, Tridens, Triplasis, and Vaseyochloa) in the Tridentinae were found to have moderate support
(BS = 84) by Columbus et al. (2007) in their trnL-F + ITS strict consensus tree. Our results are concordant with theirs and we used
Gouinia paraguayensis and Triplasis purpurea, two different species
in our study. Members of the Tridentinae usually have pubescent
lemma nerves, a line of hairs for the ligule, and keeled florets,
although the monotypic Vaseyochloa has dorsally rounded florets
(Clayton and Renvoize, 1986; Watson and Dallwitz, 1992a). Based
on data reported in Columbus et al. (2007), Peterson et al. (2007)
erected the subtribe Gouiniinae to include Gouinia and Vaseyochloa; this name is now placed in synonymy to accommodate the
larger assemblage.
The Orcuttiinae is a small group of nine annuals known from
California, Baja California, and Baja California Sur whose unusual
features of glandular hairs, leaves without ligules, and mushroom-button bicellular microhairs were first noted by Crampton
(1959) and later recognized as a tribe by Reeder (1965). We
have not sampled Neostapfia in our study but we still have
strong support for two species of Tuctoria being sister to three
species of Orcuttia (BS = 100, PP = 1.00 in the combined tree).
This subtribe was recovered with strong support (BS = 100) in
Columbus et al. (2007) in their trnL-F + ITS strict consensus tree
and by Bouchenak-Khelladi et al. (2008) in their Bayesian consensus tree. Roalson and Columbus (1999) presented a phylogeny based on morphological characteristics that depict Tuctoria
as a grade. Even though we lack one species of Tuctoria and
two species of Orcuttia it appears that these two genera warrant
recognition.
We have strong support for the monophyly of Aeluropus (BS = 99,
PP = 1.00 in combined tree) and Triodia (BS = 96, PP = 1.00 in
combined tree), and for their treatment in separate subtribes, the
Aeluropodinae and Triodiinae, respectively. We indicate that these
two subtribes could be sister (PP = 0.99 in our ITS tree) to one another; and we have weak support for Aeluropodinae as sister to
the Orinus–Triodiinae clade (BS = 54, PP = 1.00 in our combined
tree). A molecular study of ITS, trnL-F, and ndhF sequences indicated
that Aeluropus was related to the African Odyssea Stapf (not sampled
in our study) and the Australian Troidia (Bell 2007).
4.1.2. Incertae sedis genera
In the ITS tree species of Orinus and Cleistogenes form a clade
(PP = 0.99) but in the plastid and combined trees they are not
aligned near one another. Morphologically, these species
although at first appearing very similar, have quite a few distinguishing characteristics with the former having long scaly rhizomes, pungent leaf blade apices, membranous ligules, and
rachilla extensions beyond the upper floret, whereas the latter
genus is composed of tufted perennials with unarmed leaf
blades, a line of hairs for a ligule, and the occurrence of cleistogamous spikelets. Orinus contains four species from the Himalayas
to western China (three spp. endemic) while Cleistogenes contains 13 species with 10 species occurring in China (five spp. endemic) (Chen and Phillips, 2006a,b). The relationship between
these two genera warrants further study since we report equivocal results.
In our study Dactyloctenium forms a strongly supported monophyletic genus with four species represented, including the Australian, D. australe. The genus contains about 13 species mainly from
Africa to India and is characterized by digitate inflorescences composed of several linear to narrowly oblong secund spikes (Phillips,
1974). It has been linked to Eleusine but differs from the latter by
having each raceme terminate in a bare rachis extension rather
than a fertile floret (Clayton and Renvoize, 1986). We are the first
to report Brachychloa as sister with weak support (BS = 66 in combined tree) and sister to these is Neobouteloua lophostachya with
moderate support (BS = 73 in combined tree). Columbus et al.
(2007) found a weakly supported clade (BS = 59) containing D.
aegytium and N. lophostachya in their strict consensus tree based
on trnL-F and ITS sequences.
We are first to provide molecular evidence for the polyphyletic
origin of Perotis (primarily African in distribution with 13 species)
since Lopholepis ornithocephala (monotypic) and Craspedorhachis
africana are embedded within a weakly supported clade
(BS = 51, PP = 0.68 in the combined tree) (Clayton et al., 2008).
We have only a single sequence (rps3) for Craspedorhachis and
therefore its placement within Perotis may be due to a lack of variation within this single marker. Lopholepis is morphologically
similar to Perotis as both share narrow racemes with spikelets
borne on a short pedicel and falling with it, flat leaf blades that
are cordate near base, laterally compressed spikelets, glumes that
are longer than the floret (in Lopholepis this is developed into an
obliquely constricted structure resembling a birds head), and
awnless lemmas (Bor, 1960; Clayton and Renvoize, 1986; Watson
and Dallwitz, 1992a). Sister to the Perotis–Lopholepis clade are
Mosdenia leptostachys (PP = 1.00 in the combined tree) and M.
phleoides (placed as a synonym of M. leptostachys in Clayton
et al., 2008). Morphologically, Mosdenia is similar to Perotis but
it has sessile spikelets and awnless glumes (Clayton and Renvoize,
1986). Dignathia (east African to India) appears monophyletic
(BS = 94, PP = 1.00 in the combined tree) and these two species
form a clade (BS = 83, PP = 1.00) with Gymnopogon grandiflorus
(primarily New World in distribution; one species India to Thailand) and Bewsia biflora (monotypic from Africa) (Clayton and
Renvoize, 1986). These species then form a clade with Mosdenia–Perotis–Lopholepis (PP = 0.72 in the combined tree). A monophyletic Trichoneura (distributed in Africa, Asia, and America)
with two species forms a strongly supported clade (BS = 100,
PP = 1.00 in the combined tree) and they are sister (BS = 67,
PP = 0.79) to a monophyletic Ctenium (distributed in Africa, Madagascar, and America) with two species. Together, all these species form a clade (PP = 1.00) in the combined tree. Perhaps with
greater sampling among species of Ctenium, Gymnopogon, Trichoneura, and all other genera not placed in a subtribe, we will be
able to better resolve relationships and circumscribe other lineages within the Cynodonteae.
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4.2. Biogeography
All three phylograms indicate that the Chloridoideae might
have originated in Africa and/or Asia since the basal lineage, the
tribe Triraphideae, includes sister genera, Neyraudia and Triraphis,
both with African and Asian distribution. Neyraudia contains four
species all native to Asia with N. arundinacea (L.) Henrard (not in
our study) also occurring in tropical Africa (Chen and Phillips,
2006c; Clayton et al., 2008). Triraphis consists of 8 species with
six of these native to Africa; T. mollis R. Br. native to Australia
and T. devia Filg. & Zuloaga (not in our study) native to South America (Filgueiras and Zuloaga, 1999; Nightingale and Weiller, 2005b).
The latter species is more than likely derived and recently dispersed to South America. Because more than half of the genera of
Chloridoideae reside in Africa and the larger tribes, such as, the
Eragrostideae, Zoysieae, and Cynodonteae, excluding the Muhlenbergiinae, have centers of diversity there, Hartley and Slater
(1960) concluded that the subfamily probably originated on the
African continent (during the Oligocene) and spread to other parts
of the world. Our data is equivocal and we cannot satisfactorily
choose Africa or Asia as the likely area for the origin of the
subfamily.
Within the tribe Eragrostideae, the Cotteinae is sister to the Uniolinae Eragrostidinae clade (Figs. 2 and 3) and includes three genera: Cottea with a single species distributed in the Americas;
Schmidtia (not in our study) with two species centered in Africa;
and Enneapogon with 16 species native to Australia (15 of these endemic), 8 species native to Africa, and one species, E. desvauxii, distributed worldwide (Weiller and Lazarides, 2005; Clayton et al.,
2008). Therefore, it seems likely that the tribe Eragrostideae might
have originated in Australia and/or Africa and then radiated to all
parts of the world. Eragrostis, the largest chloridoid genus estimated to have 423 species in the derived subtribe Eragrostidinae,
has 212 species in Africa, 153 species in the Americas, 74 species
in Australasia, 56 in tropical Asia, and 51 in temperate Asia (Clayton et al., 2008; Simon et al., 2009).
Zoysia, the basal lineage within the tribe Zoysieae includes 11
species, six species in Asia, four in Australasia, one in Africa, one
in the Pacific, and three introduced in the Americas (Peterson
et al., 2001; Clayton et al., 2008). The Zoysieae might have originated in Asia where it is most speciose today and subsequently
radiated. Sporobolus with 200 species in the derived subtribe
Sporobolinae, includes 86 species in the Americas, 83 species in
Africa, 59 species in Asia, and 23 species in Australasia (18 native
to Australia) (Simon, 2005; Clayton et al., 2008; Simon et al., 2009).
Even though we have rather poor backbone support for the derivation of subtribes within the tribe Cynodonteae, the total evidence phylogram (Fig. 3) suggests that Asia and/or Africa might
have been the area of origin. The basal lineage, subtribe Aeluropodinae, consists of 5–10 species, five distributed in Asia (two endemic to China), two in Africa, and two in Europe (Chen and Phillips,
2006d; Clayton et al., 2008). Sister to the Aeluropodinae is Orinus
with all four species from Asia and subtribe Triodiinae with 68 species in three genera (Monodia S.W.L. Jacobs and Symplectrodia Lazarides (not in our study) and Triodia) all endemic to Australia
(Lazarides et al., 2005; Nightingale and Weiller, 2005c; Nightingale
et al., 2005).
As mentioned earlier, the derived clade containing the Hilariinae with Allolepis and Jouvea, Monanthochloinae, Boutelouinae,
Scleropogoninae, Sohnsia, Lepturidium, and Muhlenbergiinae is almost entirely distributed in the Americas. Only six species of Muhlenbergia and one species of Distichlis are known to be disjunct in
southeastern Asia and Australia, respectively. Earlier population
studies of Chaboissaea, Lycurus, Scleropogon, and Muhlenbergia torreyi indicate that the subtribe Muhlenbergiinae probably originated in North America and has since radiated to South America
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multiple times (Peterson and Herrera Arrieta, 1995; Peterson and
Columbus, 1997; Sykes et al., 1997; Peterson and Morrone, 1998;
Peterson and Ortiz-Diaz, 1998; Peterson et al. in review). Based
on four Asian species studied within Muhlenbergia, there is evidence for a single colonization event from the Americas to southeastern Asia (Peterson et al., in review).
Three other subtribes, the Tridentinae, Orcuttiinae, and Pappophorinae are also entirely New World in distribution but these
are usually aligned near Old World-African subtribes and incertae
sedis genera in our tree where there is little deep support among
the nodes (see Fig. 3). The subtribe Tripogoninae contains three
genera: Eragrostiella with six species, five distributed in tropical
Asia, one in Australasia, and one in Africa; Melanocenchris with
three species, two known in Africa and two from Asia; and Tripogon
with approximately 30 species, 22 of these species from tropical
Asia, nine from Africa, and three from the Americas. The subtribe
Traginae is composed of four genera: Monelytrum and Polevansia
each with a single species from Africa; Tragus with nine species,
six in Africa, five in Asia, one endemic to Australia, and four introduced in the Americas (Peterson et al., 2001; Nightingale and Weiller, 2005d; Clayton et al., 2008). The subtribe Eleusininae is a
diverse assemblage of at least 25 genera (as treated here) and is
widely distributed.
4.3. Cytology
Within the subfamily Chloridoideae there is a high frequency of
polyploids ranging from diploid to 20-ploid (Pleuraphis mutica
Buckley, not sampled in our study) and many of these are thought
to be alloploids suggesting extensive hybridization (Roodt and
Spies, 2003). The common base chromosome number for all chloridoid tribes treated here is x = 10 and this is the predominant
number found in the Triraphideae, Eragrostideae, Zoysieae, and
Cynodonteae. Lower base numbers are common in the Cotteinae
(x = 9, 10), Sporobolinae (x = 7, 8, 9, 10), Eleusininae (x = 9, 10),
Hilariinae (x = 9), Scleropogoninae (x = 7, 8, 10), and Muhlenbergiinae (x = 8, 9, 10) (Watson and Dallwitz, 1992a).
4.4. C4 evolution
According to molecular dating C4 photosynthesis in the subfamily Chloridoideae originated between 32 and 25 mya in the early
Miocene late Oligocene (Christin et al., 2008; Vicentini et al.,
2008; Bouchenak-Khelladi et al., 2009). The genetic changes
responsible for the evolution of C4 PCK subtype are still unidentified (Christin et al., 2009) and the development of this subtype is
probably not identical, i.e., not analogous, in all lineages (Kellogg,
1999). In the Chloridoideae approximately 68% of the species are
NAD-ME and as many as 31% have been estimated to be PCK (Taub,
2000). Based on a list of genera containing C4 grasses (Sage et al.,
1999), within the Chloridoideae the PCK subtype has arisen many
times and is found in the Triraphideae (Neyraudia), Eragrostideae,
Zoysieae, and Cynodonteae. However, most of the PCK-like species
were identified solely on their anatomical descriptions and very
few species have actually been investigated biochemically to
determine the predominant decarboxylating enzyme (Sage et al.,
1999). In addition to being polyphyletic, the three largest genera:
Eragrostis (Eragrostideae), Muhlenbergia (Cynodonteae), and Sporobolus (Zoysieae) apparently contain both PCK and NAD-ME species.
With the exception of the Aeluropodinae, Triodiinae, and Orcuttiinae, all subtribes treated have at least one taxon that has been
identified as having the PCK subtype. The Orcuttiinae with nine
species in three genera (Neostapfia, Orcuttia, and Tuctoria), are the
only members of the Chloridoideae that have been identified to
be NADP-ME (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate cofactor malic enzyme) (Keeley, 1998). The NADP-ME is the primary
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decarboxylating enzyme in the Panicoideae and is found in over
90% of the species in this subfamily (Taub, 2000).
5. Conclusion
In this study we have performed a multi-gene phylogenetic
analysis of the Chloridoideae with the largest sample size published to date at the species, generic, subtribal, and tribal levels.
We have produced a robust classification of the tribes (Triraphideae, Eragrostideae, Zoysieae, and Cynodonteae) and subtribes
(Cotteinae, Uniolinae and Eragrostidinae in the Eragrostideae;
Zoysiinae and Sporobolinae in the Zoysieae; Aeluropodinae, Triodiinae, Orcuttiinae, Tridentinae, Eleusininae, Tripogoninae, Pappophorinae, Traginae, Hilariinae, Monanthochloinae, Boutelouinae,
Scleropogoninae, and Muhlenbergiinae in the Cynodonteae) based
on our phylogenetic inferences from six plastid and one nuclear
DNA sequences (see Fig. 3, Table 3). We have moderate to strong
support for all clades representing the tribes and subtribes (except
subtribe Eleusininae where we have only posterior probability support, PP = 1.00) and all were resolved as monophyletic. The Chloridoideae might have originated in Africa and/or Asia since the basal
lineage, the tribe Triraphideae, includes species with African and
Asian distribution. In our study we have 20 incertae sedis genera
(not placed within a subtribe) primarily within the Cynodonteae
(19) and a single genus (Urochondra) in the Zoysieae. Based on
our phylogenetic treatment the following 15 genera are polyphyletic: Astrebla, Brachyachne, Chloris, Cynodon, Distichlis (ITS tree
only), Enteropogon, Eragrostis, Eustachys, Leptochloa, Muhlenbergia,
Perotis, Sporobolus, Tetrapogon, Tragus, and Tripogon; and the following 22 genera with two or more species were always portrayed
as monophyletic: Aeluropus, Blepharidachne, Bouteloua, Cleistogenes,
Ctenium, Dactyloctenium, Dignathia, Erioneuron, Lepturus, Melanocenchris, Microchloa, Mosdenia, Munroa, Orcuttia, Orinus, Trichloris,
Trichoneura, Trioidia, Triraphis, Tuctoria, Uniola, and Zoysia. Other
genera depicted as monophyletic but found embedded within
other genera were: Aegopogon, Blepharoneuron, Chaboissaea, Lycurus (all in Muhlenbergia), Ectrosia (in Eragrostis), and Eragrostiella
(in Tripogon). Even though we have tried to sample as many chloridoid genera as possible (95) there are still approximately 46 (of
these 30 are monotypic and 11 are ditypic) remaining that we have
not yet included in our study. The majority of these unsampled
genera are primarily distributed in Africa and we hope to gather
these in the future.
Acknowledgments
We thank the National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration(Grant No. 8087-06) for field and laboratory
support; the Smithsonian Institution’s, Restricted Endowments
Fund, the Scholarly Studies Program, Research Opportunities, Atherton Seidell Foundation, Biodiversity Surveys and Inventories Program, Small Grants Program, and the Laboratory of Analytical
Biology, all for financial support. We would also like to acknowledge Lee Weigt, Jeffery Hunt, and David Erickson for help in the
laboratory; Robert J. Soreng, Jeffery M. Saarela, Carol R. Annable,
and Nancy F. Refulio Rodriguez for accompanying the first author
on numerous field expeditions; Robert J. Soreng for many extended
discussions pertinent to the manuscript; and Robert J. Soreng and
an anonymous reviewer for providing helpful comments on the
manuscript.
Appendix A. Supplementary data
Supplementary data associated with this article can be found, in
the online version, at doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.018.
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Appendix A. Specimens sampled, localities, vouchers, and GenBank accession numbers for DNA sequences. All accessions are newly submitted sequences
to GenBank and all vouchers are deposited in the United States National Herbarium (US). Predominant native distribution indicated by taxon colour:
American−red, African−green, Asian−blue, and Australian−purple.
ITS
ndhA
intron
ndhF
rpl32trnL
rps3
rps16
intron
rps16trnK
Taxon
Locality
Voucher
Acrachne racemosa (B. Heyne ex Roem. & Schult.) Ohwi
Aegopogon cenchroides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Aegopogon tenellus (DC.) Trin.
Aeluropus lagopoides (L.) Trin. ex Thwaites
Aeluropus littoralis (Gouan) Parl.
South Africa
Mexico
Mexico
Iraq
Greece
Aeluropus pungens (M. Bieb.) K. Koch
China
Smook 9899
Peterson 22045 & Saarela
Peterson 22044 & Saarela
Weinert s.n. & Mosawi
Ferguson 634
Yunatov s.n., Li Shyin & Yuan
Yfen
Allolepis texana (Vasey) Soderstr. & H.F. Decker ♀
Mexico
Hitchcock 7541
GU359264 GU359388 GU359577 GU360015 GU360088 GU360318 GU360573
Allolepis texana (Vasey) Soderstr. & H.F. Decker ♂
Apochiton burttii C.E. Hubb.
Mexico
Tanzania
Le Roy 1412 & Harvey
Greenway 11513 & Polhill
GU359265 GU359387 GU359588 GU360016 GU360089 GU360306 GU360572
Aristida gypsophila Beetle
Mexico
GU359267 GU359386
GU359977 GU360091 GU360286 GU360570
Aristida scribneriana Hitchc.
Astrebla elymoides F. Muell. ex F.M. Bailey
Astrebla lappacea (Lindl.) Domin
Astrebla pectinata (Lindl.) F. Muell. ex Benth.
Astrebla squarrosa C.E. Hubb.
Austrochloris dichanthioides (Everist) Lazarides
Mexico
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Peterson 15839 & Valdes-Reyna
Peterson 15985 & GonzalezElizondo
Hubbard 7976
McKinlay s.n.
Chalmers 5
Hubbarrd 7940
Anson s.n.
GU359268 GU359412
GU360010 GU360092 GU360314 GU360569
Bealia mexicana Scribn.
Mexico
GU359258
GU359859 GU360098 GU360309 GU360550
Bewsia biflora (Hack.) Gooss.
Blepharidachne benthamiana (Hack.) Hitchc.
Blepharidachne bigelovii (S. Watson) Hack.
Blepharidachne kingii (S. Watson) Hack.
Blepharoneuron shepherdii (Vasey) P.M. Peterson &
Annable
Blepharoneuron tricholepis (Torr.) Nash
Bouteloua aristidoides (Kunth) Griseb.
Bouteloua barbata Lag.
Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr.
Africa
Argentina
Mexico
USA
Peterson 7946, Annable & Herrera
Davidse 6471, Simon, Drummond
& Bennett
Melix 570 & Cherobini
Johanston 9401
Reeder 7347 & Reeder
GU359274
GU359583 GU359858 GU360084 GU360294 GU360564
GU359275
GU359582 GU359857 GU360100
GU359277 GU359419 GU359580 GU359854 GU360102 GU360320 GU360560
Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus
Bouteloua dimorpha Columbus
Mexico
Mexico
Peterson 22452 & Saarela
Peterson 22099 & Saarela
Peterson 21994 & Saarela
Peterson 22002 & Saarela
Peterson 22005 & Saarela
Peterson 21441, Saarela &
Stančik
Peterson 22281 & Saarela
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
GU360099
GU359259 GU359403 GU359613 GU360011 GU360143 GU360274 GU360578
GU359260 GU359392 GU359592 GU360012 GU360128 GU360278 GU360577
GU359261 GU359391 GU359591 GU360013 GU360085 GU360284 GU360576
GU359262 GU359390 GU359590 GU360018 GU360086 GU360308 GU360575
GU359263 GU359389 GU359589 GU360014 GU360087 GU360319 GU360574
GU359266
GU359594
GU360090 GU360316 GU360571
GU359269 GU359414 GU359587
GU360093 GU360313
GU359270 GU359395 GU359586 GU360009 GU360094 GU360312 GU360568
GU359286 GU359421 GU359585 GU359861 GU360095 GU360311 GU360567
GU360096
GU359272 GU359420 GU359584 GU359860 GU360113 GU360310 GU360566
GU360579
GU359581 GU359856 GU360101 GU360307 GU360562
GU359276
GU359855
GU360561
GU359278 GU359418 GU359576 GU359853 GU360103 GU360305 GU360559
GU359279 GU359417 GU359570 GU359852 GU360104 GU360304 GU360558
GU359280 GU359416
GU360105 GU360303 GU360557
GU359281 GU359415
GU360106
GU360556
GU359282 GU359404 GU359569 GU359851 GU360107 GU360302 GU360555
GU359283 GU359413
GU360108 GU360301 GU360554
Bouteloua diversispicula Columbus
Bouteloua gracilis (Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths
Bouteloua hirsuta Lag.
Bouteloua parryi (E. Fourn.) Griffiths
Bouteloua reflexa Swallen
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
GU359284 GU359423
GU360109
GU360553
GU359285 GU359411
GU360110
GU360552
GU359410
GU360111
GU360593
Mexico
Australia
Zambesia
Kenya
Peterson 22254 & Saarela
Peterson 22015 & Saarela
Peterson 22203 & Saarela
Peterson 22252 & Saarela
Peterson 22125 & Saarela
Peterson 21232, Gonzalez
Elizondo, Rosen & Reid
Peterson 21289, Saarela & Flores
Villegas
Peterson 21423, Saarela &
Stančik
Adams 851
Robson 1122
Bogdan 7075
Bouteloua repens (Kunth) Scribn.
Mexico
Bouteloua simplex Lag.
Mexico
Bouteloua uniflora Vasey
Brachyachne convergens (F. Muell.) Stapf
Brachyachne fibrosa C.E. Hubb.
Brachyachne patentiflora (Stent & Rattray) C.E. Hubb.
Brachyachne patentiflora (Stent & Rattray) C.E. Hubb.
Brachyachne tenella (R. Br.) C.E. Hubb.
Zimbabwe
Australia
Laegaard 16295
Lazarides 4281
GU359254 GU359374 GU359708 GU359883 GU360119 GU360458 GU360584
Brachychloa schiemanniana (Schweick.) S.M.Phillips
Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Hack. ex Scribn. & Southw.
Chaboissaea atacamensis (Parodi) P.M. Peterson &
Annable
Chaboissaea ligulata E. Fourn.
Africa
USA
GU359256
GU359776 GU359881 GU360117
GU360582
GU359300 GU359357 GU359716 GU359880 GU360116 GU360441 GU360548
Chaboissaea subbiflora (Hitchc.) Reeder & C. Reeder
Chasmanthium latifolium (Michx.) H.O. Yates
Chasmanthium laxum (L.) H.O. Yates
Chasmanthium sessiliflorum (Poir.) H.O. Yates
Chloris barbata Sw.
Chloris radiata (L.) Sw.
Chloris submutica Kunth
Chloris virgata Sw.
Mexico
USA
USA
USA
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Chloris virgata Sw.
Chrysochloa hindsii C.E. Hubb.
Peru
Burundi
Cleistogenes mucronata Keng ex P.C. Keng & L. Liu
Cleistogenes squarrosa (Trinius) Keng
Coelachyrum lagopoides (Burm. f.) Senaratna
Coelachyrum poiflorum Chiov.
China
China
India
Ethiopia
Cottea pappophoroides Kunth
Craspedorhachis africana Benth.
Crypsis aculeata (L.) Aiton
Peru
South Africa
China
Schweickerdt 1911
Hatch 5738 & Bearden
Peterson 19626, Soreng,
Salariato, & Panizza,
Peterson 22416 & Saarela
Peterson 21158, Saarela, Rosen &
Reid
Peterson 22463
Kanal 694
Peterson 20823 & Saarela
Peterson 22255 & Saarela
Peterson 22278 & Saarela
Peterson 22393 & Saarela
Peterson 22179 & Saarela
Peterson 21468, Soreng, LaTorre
& Rojas Fox
Reekmans 11068
Soreng 5406, Peterson & Sun
Hang
Soreng 5156 & Peterson
Saldanha 15334
Burger 2915
Peterson 21463, Soreng, LaTorre
& Rojas Fox
Zohy 504 & Schweikeidt
Soreng 5469 & Peterson
Argentina
Mexico
GU359244 GU359409
GU360112 GU360300 GU360563
GU359242 GU359408
GU360176 GU360299 GU360565
GU359271 GU359407 GU359568 GU359850 GU360131 GU360298 GU360608
GU359231 GU359406 GU359571 GU359834 GU360132 GU360297 GU360607
GU359232 GU359383 GU359567 GU359848 GU360133 GU360296 GU360606
GU359252 GU359349 GU359714 GU359885 GU360121
GU359253 GU359348
GU359233 GU359350
GU360586
GU359884 GU360120 GU360444 GU360585
GU359862 GU360134 GU360295 GU360605
GU359255 GU359376 GU359715 GU359882 GU360118 GU360442 GU360583
GU359344 GU359382 GU359729 GU359879 GU360115 GU360489 GU360595
GU359273 GU359381 GU359718 GU359863 GU360069 GU360440 GU360551
GU359318 GU359428 GU359707 GU359877 GU360036 GU360439 GU360518
GU359319 GU359379 GU359720 GU359891 GU360097 GU360438 GU360517
GU359405 GU359721 GU359875 GU360050 GU360437 GU360516
GU359378 GU359722 GU359874
GU360436 GU360515
GU359320 GU359377 GU359723 GU359873 GU360049 GU360435 GU360514
GU359321 GU359366 GU359724 GU359872 GU360048 GU360434 GU360513
GU359322 GU359375 GU359725 GU359871 GU360047 GU360471 GU360512
GU359323 GU359384 GU359726 GU359870 GU360046 GU360443 GU360511
GU359324 GU359373 GU359727 GU359869 GU360045 GU360445 GU360510
GU359325
GU359728 GU359868 GU360044 GU360485 GU360509
GU359234 GU359422 GU359696 GU359846 GU360144 GU360351 GU360604
GU359235 GU359393 GU359566 GU359845 GU360136 GU360473 GU360603
GU359364 GU359572 GU359844
GU359236
GU360602
GU359843 GU360129 GU360457 GU360601
GU359237 GU359363 GU359579 GU359842 GU360138 GU360456 GU360600
GU360139
GU359238 GU359362 GU359573 GU359841 GU360140 GU360402 GU360599
Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam.
USA
GU359239 GU359361 GU359574 GU359840 GU360141 GU360455 GU360598
USA
Brazil
Ceylon
Mexico
Peterson 19814, Saarela & Sears
Peterson 14235, Weakley &
LeBlond
Grola 1452 & Filgueiras
Clayton 5836
Peterson 22000 & Saarela
Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph. Wood
Ctenium cirrhosum (Nees) Kunth
Cynodon arcuatus J. Presl
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
Cynodon hirsutus Stent
South Africa
Smook 6616
GU359229 GU359358 GU359751 GU359876 GU360135 GU360452 GU360594
Cynodon incompletus Nees
Cynodon incompletus Nees
Cynodon maritimus Kunth
Cynodon pascuus Nees
Cynodon plectostachyus (K. Schum.) Pilg.
Cynodon plectostachyus (K. Schum.) Pilg.
Cynodon transvaalensis Burtt Davy
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.
Dactyloctenium australe Steud.
South Africa
South Africa
Bahamas
Mexico
Ruwanda
Honduras
South Africa
Mexico
South Africa
GU359246
GU359849
GU359245 GU359347 GU359593 GU359847
Dactyloctenium bogdanii S.M. Phillips
Dactyloctenium giganteum B.S. Fisher & Schweick.
Danthonia compressa Austin
Dasyochloa pulchella (Kunth) Willd. ex Rydb.
Dignathia hirtella Stapf
Dignathia villosa C.E. Hubb.
Dinebra retroflexa (Vahl) Panz.
Kenya
Weissen
Nossob
USA
Mexico
Kenya
Ethiopia
Kenya
Smook 2408 & Gussell
Smook 10152
Howard 10214 & Howard
Morgan 12518
Troupin 11610
Morazan 25803
Smook 6710
Peterson 22283 & Saarela
Davidse 6945
Kabuye 714, Luke, Robertson,
Mungai & Mathenge
GU359328
Distichlis humilis Phil.
Argentina
Distichlis scoparia (Nees ex Kunth) Arechav.
Argentina
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene
Argentina
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene
Ectrosia leporina R. Br.
Ectrosia scabrida C.E. Hubb.
Ectrosia schultzii Benth.
Argentina
Australia
Australia
Australia
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaetrn.
Enneapogon desvauxii P. Beauv.
Enteropogon macrostachyus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Munro
ex Benth.
Mexico
Mexico
Seydel 2701
Peterson 21986 & Levine
Peterson 21992 & Saarela
Welski 5251
Ellis 204
Ndegwa 610
Peterson 19362, Soreng, Salariato
& Panizza
Peterson 17475, Soreng &
Refulio-Rodriguez
Peterson 17484, Soreng &
Refulio-Rodriguez
Peterson 19309, Soreng, Salariato
& Panizza
Lazarides 3928
Lazarides 4772
Latz 2237
Peterson 21362, Saarela & Flores
Villegas
Peterson 21999 & Saarela
Zimbabwe
Laegaard 15902
GU359340 GU359472 GU359700 GU359795 GU360029 GU360470 GU360494
GU359240
GU359575 GU359839
GU359241
GU359838 GU360142 GU360353 GU360597
GU359257 GU359360 GU359578 GU359837 GU360114 GU360454 GU360596
GU359243 GU359359 GU359603 GU359836 GU360137 GU360453 GU360580
GU360450
GU360451 GU360609
GU359248 GU359365 GU359710 GU359889 GU360126 GU360448 GU360591
GU359249 GU359354 GU359711 GU359888 GU360125 GU360447 GU360590
GU359247 GU359356 GU359709 GU359890 GU360127 GU360449 GU360592
GU359353
GU360124
GU360589
GU359250 GU359352 GU359712 GU359887 GU360123 GU360446 GU360588
GU359251 GU359351 GU359713 GU359886 GU360122 GU360432 GU360587
GU359326 GU359372
GU360043
GU360508
GU359327 GU359371 GU359717 GU359867 GU360042 GU360484 GU360507
GU359687 GU359866 GU360041
GU360491
GU359345 GU359370 GU359688 GU359865 GU360040 GU360483 GU360521
GU359330 GU359369 GU359689 GU359864 GU360039 GU360482 GU360505
GU359316 GU359368 GU359690
GU360023 GU360481 GU360490
GU359367 GU359691 GU359820 GU360037 GU360480 GU360519
GU359332 GU359355 GU359692 GU359778 GU360052 GU360479 GU360503
GU359333 GU359430 GU359693 GU359835 GU360035 GU360478 GU360502
GU359334 GU359480 GU359694 GU359803 GU360034 GU360477 GU360501
GU359335 GU359479 GU359706 GU359802 GU360033 GU360476 GU360500
GU359346 GU359478 GU359695 GU359801 GU360032 GU360475 GU360499
GU359336 GU359484 GU359685 GU359800
GU360474 GU360498
GU359317 GU359476 GU359697 GU359799
GU360459 GU360497
GU359337
GU359798
GU359338 GU359473 GU359698 GU359797 GU360031 GU360472 GU360496
GU359339 GU359474 GU359699 GU359796 GU360030 GU360486 GU360495
Enteropogon ramosus B.K. Simon
Entoplocamia aristulata (Hack. & Rendle) Stapf
Eragrostiella bifaria (Vahl) Bor
Eragrostiella leioptera (Stapf) Bor
Australia
SW Africa
Ceylon
India
Eragrostis barrelieri Daveau
Mexico
Eragrostis cilianensis (Bellardi) Vignolo ex Janch.
Mexico
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Peru
Eragrostis desertorum Domin
Australia
Eragrostis dielsii Pilg.
Australia
Eragrostis eriopoda Benth.
Eragrostis intermedia Hitchc.
Australia
Mexico
Eragrostis kennedyae F.Turner
Australia
Eragrostis lanicaulis Lazarides
Australia
Eragrostis lugens Nees
Peru
Eragrostis lugens Nees
Eragrostis lurida subsp. contracta (Pilg.) P.M. Peterson &
Sánchez Vega
Eragrostis lurida J. Presl lurida
Mexico
Eragrostis mexicana (Hornem.) Link
Peru
Eragrostis minor Host
USA
Eragrostis nigricans (Kunth) Steud.
Peru
Eragrostis parviflora (R.Br.) Trin.
Australia
Eragrostis pastoensis (Kunth) Trin.
Peru
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees
Mexico
Eragrostis pergracilis S.T.Blake
Australia
Peru
Peru
Peterson 14367, Soreng &
Rosenberg
Seydel 187
Clayton 5950
Chand 7961
Peterson 21429, Saarela & Flores
Villegas
Peterson 21286, Saarela & Flores
Villegas
Peterson 20542, Soreng &
Romaschenko
Peterson 14358, Soreng &
Rosenberg
Peterson 14399, Soreng &
Rosenberg
Peterson 14321, Soreng &
Rosenberg
Peterson 22302 & Saarela
Peterson 14446, Soreng &
Rosenberg
Peterson 14288, Soreng,
Rosenberg & Macfarlane
Peterson 21601, Soreng, LaTorre
& Rojas Fox
Peterson 21428, Saarela &
Stančik
GU359341 GU359470 GU359701 GU359794 GU360028 GU360469 GU360493
GU359342 GU359469 GU359702 GU359793 GU360027 GU360468 GU360492
GU359828
GU359305 GU359486 GU359769 GU359827 GU360066
GU360529
GU359295 GU359496 GU359759 GU359781 GU360075 GU360401 GU360539
GU359296 GU359495 GU359760 GU359780 GU360068 GU360488 GU360538
GU359306 GU359497
GU359826
GU360392
GU359289 GU359471 GU359719 GU359787 GU360038 GU360462 GU360545
GU359297 GU359494 GU359761 GU359779 GU360077 GU360400 GU360537
GU359290 GU359485 GU359754 GU359786 GU360070 GU360461 GU360544
GU359298 GU359501 GU359762 GU359818 GU360078 GU360399 GU360536
GU359291 GU359500 GU359755 GU359785 GU360071 GU360460 GU360543
GU359292 GU359499 GU359756 GU359784 GU360072 GU360418 GU360542
GU359302 GU359467 GU359704 GU359791 GU360025 GU360466 GU360535
GU359343 GU359468 GU359703 GU359777 GU360026 GU360467 GU360533
Peterson 21797 & Soreng
GU359293 GU359498 GU359757 GU359783 GU360073 GU360378 GU360541
Peterson 21798 & Soreng
GU359294 GU359492 GU359758 GU359782 GU360083 GU360433 GU360540
Peterson 21155, Saarela, Rosen &
Reid
GU359307 GU359483 GU359770 GU359825
GU360377 GU360528
Peterson 19739, Saarela & Sears
Peterson 21623, Soreng, LaTorre
& Rojas Fox
Peterson 14445, Soreng &
Rosenberg
Peterson 21690, Soreng, LaTorre
& Rojas Fox
Peterson 21431, Saarela &
Stančik
Peterson 14347, Soreng &
Rosenberg
GU359308 GU359475 GU359771 GU359824 GU360065 GU360390 GU360527
GU359299 GU359491 GU359775 GU359790 GU360079 GU360398 GU360520
GU359331 GU359466
GU359804 GU360024 GU360465 GU360506
GU359315 GU359490 GU359764 GU359792 GU360080 GU360397 GU360534
GU359301 GU359489 GU359753 GU359832 GU360081 GU360396 GU360549
GU359329 GU359465 GU359731 GU359789 GU360067 GU360464 GU360547
Eragrostis pilgeri subsp. ancashensis (P.M. Peterson,
Refulio & Tovar) P.M. Peterson & Sánchez Vega
Eragrostis reptans (Michx.) Nees
Peru
USA
Eragrostis soratensis Jedwabn.
Eragrostis tenuifolia (A. Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud.
Eragrostis weberbaueri Pilg.
Peru
Mexico
Peru
Erioneuron avenaceum (Kunth) Tateoka
Argentina
Erioneuron nealleyi (Vasey) Tateoka
Eustachys distichophylla (Lag.) Nees
Eustachys paspaloides (Vahl) Lanza & Mattei
Eustachys petraea (Sw.) Desv.
Gouinia paraguayensis (Kuntze) Parodi
Mexico
Indonesia
Kenya
USA
Argentina
Gymnopogon grandiflorus Roseng., B.R. Arill. & Izag.
Peru
Harpachne harpachnoides (Hack.) B.S. Sun & S. Wang
Hilaria cenchroides Kunth
China
Mexico
Hilaria cenchroides Kunth
Jouvea pilosa (J. Presl) Scribn.
Leptochloa dubia (Kunth) Nees
Leptochloa filiformis (Pers.) P. Beauv.
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Leptochloa uninervia (J. Presl) Hitchc. & Chase
Leptochloa viscida (Scribn.) Beal
Lepturidium insulare Hitchc. & Ekman
Mexico
Mexico
Cuba
Lepturus acutiglumis Steud.
Whistler 5756
Lepturus repens R. Br.
USA:Hawaii
USA: Wake
Is.
Kenya
Minni-Minni
Diego Gracia
Is.
Lepturus schlechteri Pilg.
Lintonia nutans Stapf
Lopholepis ornithocephala (Hook.) Steud.
Lycurus setosus (Nutt.) C. Reeder
South Africa
Tanzania
Ceylon
Mexico
Schlechter s.n.
Mwasumbi 14374
Clayton 5582
Peterson 22008
Lepturus gasparricensis Fosberg
Lepturus radicans (Steud.) A. Camus
Peterson 21809 & Soreng
Peterson 9545
Peterson 16274, Cano, LaTorre,
Ramire & Susanibar
Peterson 22279 & Saarela
Peterson 21807 & Soreng
Peterson 19329, Soreng, Salariato
& Panizza
GU359288 GU359464 GU359686 GU359788 GU360082 GU360463 GU360546
Peterson 19964 & Lara Contreras
Fowler s.n.
Ndegway 741
Strong 3124
Peterson 11526 & Annable
Peterson 16642 & RefulioRodriguez
Soreng 5288, Peterson & Sun
Hang
Peterson 22339 & Saarela
Peterson 21326, Saarela & Flores
Villegas
Peterson 11017 & Annable
Peterson 22334 & Saarela
Peterson 22185 & Saarela
Peterson 21305, Saarela & Flores
Villegas
Peterson 22184 & Saarela
Ekman 12060
GU359311
GU359309 GU359432 GU359772 GU359823 GU360064
GU360526
GU359287 GU359488 GU359766 GU359831 GU360053 GU360395 GU360532
GU359303 GU359487 GU359767 GU359830 GU360076 GU360394 GU360531
GU359304 GU359482 GU359768 GU359829 GU360074 GU360393 GU360530
GU359310 GU359441 GU359773 GU359822 GU360063 GU360403 GU360525
GU359774 GU359821 GU360062 GU360388 GU360524
GU359440 GU359742 GU359805 GU360061 GU360387 GU360523
GU359312 GU359439 GU359740 GU359819 GU360060 GU360386 GU360522
GU359313 GU359438 GU359763 GU359833 GU360059 GU360385 GU360637
GU359314 GU359437 GU359732 GU359817 GU360058 GU360384 GU360504
GU359200 GU359436 GU359733 GU359816 GU360057 GU360383 GU360581
GU359113 GU359435 GU359734 GU359815
GU360382 GU360611
GU359143 GU359424 GU359736 GU359813 GU360055 GU360380 GU360697
GU359230
GU359735 GU359814 GU360056 GU360381 GU360698
GU359144 GU359433 GU359737 GU359812 GU360173 GU360379 GU360696
GU359145 GU359442 GU359738 GU359811 GU360051 GU360416 GU360695
GU359146 GU359431
GU359810 GU360130 GU360389
GU359147 GU359461 GU359739 GU359809 GU360234 GU360391 GU360694
GU359148 GU359429 GU359752 GU359808 GU360233 GU360430 GU360693
GU360232
GU360231
Herbst 9687
Gilleopie 38
GU359149 GU359477 GU359741 GU359807 GU360230 GU360429 GU360692
Whistler 9853
GU359150 GU359427 GU359730 GU359893 GU360228 GU360428 GU360691
GU359806 GU360229
GU360227
GU359151 GU359426 GU359743 GU359980 GU360226 GU360427 GU360690
GU359878 GU360225
GU360689
GU359153 GU359451 GU359745 GU359975 GU360223 GU360425 GU360687
Lycurus setosus (Nutt.) C. Reeder
Melanocenchris monoica (Rottler) C.E.C. Fisch.
Melanocenchris royleana Hook. f.
Mexico
Ceylon
India
Peterson 20960, Saarela, Lara
Contreras & Reyna Alvarez
Clayton 5634
Wisner 24
Microchloa caffra Nees
Microchloa kunthii Desv.
Monanthochloe littoralis Engelm.
South Africa
Mexico
Mexico
Smook 10441
Peterson 22152 & Saarela
Moran 10570
GU359155 GU359453 GU359746 GU359972 GU360206 GU360424 GU360670
Monelytrum luederitzianum Hack.
South Africa
Smook 10031
GU359158 GU359459 GU359749 GU359969 GU360218 GU360421 GU360682
Mosdenia leptostachys (Ficalho & Hiern) Clayton
South Africa
Smook 1145
Mosdenia phleoides (Hack.) Stent
Muhlenbergia appressa C.O. Goodd.
Muhlenbergia arenacea (Buckley) Hitchc.
South Africa
USA
Mexico
Schweickerdt 1542
Peterson 4183 & Annable
Peterson 10624 & Annable
GU359159 GU359458 GU359750 GU359967 GU360216 GU360420 GU360681
Muhlenbergia arenicola Buckley
Muhlenbergia brandegeei C. Reeder
Muhlenbergia emersleyi Vasey
Muhlenbergia flaviseta Scribn.
Muhlenbergia gigantea (E. Fourn.) Hitchc.
Muhlenbergia macroura (Kunth) Hitchc.
Muhlenbergia montana (Nutt.) Hitchc.
Muhlenbergia peruviana (P. Beauv.) Steud.
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
GU359166 GU359462 GU359620 GU359960 GU360209 GU360413 GU360674
Muhlenbergia racemosa (Michx.) Britton
Muhlenbergia ramulosa (Kunth) Swallen
USA
Mexico
Peterson 19947 & LaraContreras
Peterson 4760 & Annable
Peterson 22096 & Saarela
Peterson 22409 & Saarela
Peterson 22260 & Saarela
Peterson 22062 & Saarela
Peterson 22234 & Saarela
Peterson 22440 & Saarela
Peterson 20924, Saarela &
Howard
Peterson 22447 & Saarela
Muhlenbergia richardsonis (Trin.) Rydb.
Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) Hitchc.
USA
Mexico
GU359163 GU359454 GU359617 GU359978 GU360212 GU360431 GU360677
Muhlenbergia rigida (Kunth) Kunth
Peru
Muhlenbergia schreberi J.F. Gmel.
Argentina
Muhlenbergia torreyi (Kunth) Hitchc. ex Bush
Muhlenbergia uniflora (Muhl.) Fernald
Argentina
USA
Munroa andina Phil. var. andina
Argentina
Munroa argentina Griseb.
Neesiochloa barbata (Nees) Pilg.
Neobouteloua lophostachya (Griseb.) Gould
Chile
Brazil
Argentina
Peterson 19817, Saarela & Sears
Peterson 22129 & Saarela
Peterson 21637, Soreng, LaTorre
& Rojas Fox
Peterson 19443, Soreng, Salariato
& Panizza
Peterson 19429, Soreng, Salariato
& Panizza
Peterson 20862 & Saarela
Peterson 19552, Soreng, Salariato
& Panizza
Peterson 15505, Soreng &
Judziewicz
Swallen 4491
Peterson 11515 & Annable
GU359152 GU359425 GU359744 GU359976 GU360224 GU360426 GU360688
GU359974
GU359169
GU360686
GU359973 GU360222
GU359141 GU359434 GU359747 GU359971 GU360220 GU360423 GU360684
GU359157 GU359460 GU359748 GU359970 GU360235 GU360422 GU360699
GU359968 GU360217
GU359164 GU359443 GU359618 GU359962 GU360211 GU360415 GU360676
GU359165 GU359452 GU359619 GU359961 GU360210 GU360414 GU360675
GU359167 GU359450 GU359621 GU359959 GU360208 GU360412 GU360711
GU359168 GU359449 GU359622 GU359958 GU360207 GU360411 GU360672
GU359127 GU359448 GU359623 GU359957 GU360250 GU360410 GU360685
GU359160 GU359457 GU359663 GU359966 GU360215 GU360419 GU360680
GU359125 GU359447 GU359624 GU359956 GU360265 GU360409 GU360683
GU359162 GU359455 GU359705 GU359964 GU360213 GU360417 GU360678
GU359154 GU359446 GU359625 GU359955 GU360221 GU360408 GU360713
GU359114 GU359445 GU359638 GU359954 GU360253 GU360407 GU360716
GU359115 GU359444 GU359627 GU359953 GU360254 GU360406 GU360717
GU359117 GU359481 GU359629 GU359951 GU360256 GU360357 GU360729
GU359116 GU359380 GU359616 GU359952 GU360255 GU360405 GU360718
GU359161 GU359456 GU359765 GU359950 GU360214 GU360404 GU360679
GU359118
GU359630 GU359992 GU360266 GU360267 GU360720
GU359119 GU359463 GU359631 GU359994 GU360258 GU360275 GU360715
GU359120 GU359394 GU359632 GU359965 GU360251
GU360722
GU359121 GU359385 GU359633 GU360006 GU360260
GU360723
GU359122
GU359634 GU360005 GU360261 GU360279 GU360724
GU359123 GU359396 GU359635 GU360004 GU360262 GU360273 GU360725
Neyraudia reynaudiana (Kunth) Keng ex Hitchcock
Orcuttia inaequalis Hoover
Orcuttia tenuis Hitchc.
Orcuttia viscida (Hoover) Reeder
China
USA
USA
USA
Orinus kokonorica (K. S. Hao) Keng ex X. L. Yang
China
Orinus thoroldii (Stapf ex Hemsely) Bor
China
Orinus thoroldii (Stapf ex Hemsely) Bor
China
Pappophorum pappiferum (Lam.) Kuntze
Peru
Pereilema beyrichianum (Kunth) Hitchc.
Peru
Pereilema ciliatum E. Fourn.
Pereilema crinitum J. Presl
Perotis hildebrandtii Mez
Mexico
Mexico
Tanzania
Perotis hordeiformis Nees
Perotis indica (L.) Kuntze
Perotis rara R. Br.
China
South Africa
Australia
Pogoneura biflora Napper
Polevansia rigida De Winter
Tanzania
South Africa
Psammagrostis wiseana C.A. Gardner & C.E. Hubb.
Redfieldia flexuosa (Thurb. ex A. Gray) Vasey
Reederochloa eludens Soderstr. & H.F. Decker
Australia
USA
Mexico
Rytidosperma penicellatum (Labill.) Connor & Edgar
USA
Rytidosperma pictum (Nees & Meyen) Nicora var. pictum
Sclerodactylon macrostachyum (Benth.) A.Camus
Argentina
Domincan
Republic
Mexico
USA
Darfur
Kenya
Seychelles,
Aldabra
Island
Scleropogon brevifolius Phil.
Argentina
Saugetia fasciculata Hitchc. & Chase
Schaffnerella gracilis (Benth.) Nash
Schedonnardus paniculatus (Nutt.) Trel.
Schoenefeldia gracilis Kunth
Schoenefeldia transiens (Pilg.) Chiov.
Soreng 5318 & Peterson
Hoover 1256
Stone 771
Reeder 6234 & Reeder
Soreng 5447, Peterson & Sun
Hang
Soreng 5515, Peterson & Sun
Hang
Soreng 5529, Peterson & Sun
Hang
Peterson 21689, Soreng, La Torre
& Rojas Fox
Peterson 20366, Soreng &
Romaschenko
Peterson 20106, Hall, Alvarez
Marvan & Alvarez Jimenez
Peterson 22191 & Saarela
Renvoize 1784 & Abdallah
Soreng 5717, Peterson & Sun
Hang
Godfrey 1661
Roc 1900
Greenway 10620, Turner &
Watson
Smook 6000
Peterson 14345, Soreng &
Rosenberg
Peterson 7845 & Annable
Reed 6430
GU359124 GU359397 GU359636 GU360003 GU360263 GU360272
GU359605 GU360002 GU360264
GU359398
GU360001
GU360726
GU360271 GU360727
GU360000 GU360236
GU359140 GU359399 GU359628 GU359999 GU360259 GU360270 GU360728
GU359126 GU359400 GU359626 GU359998 GU360257 GU360269 GU360721
GU359112 GU359401 GU359595 GU359997 GU360249 GU360268 GU360714
GU359128 GU359402 GU359596 GU359996 GU360248 GU360276 GU360700
GU359129 GU359493 GU359597 GU359995 GU360247 GU360280 GU360712
GU359130 GU359516 GU359598 GU359979 GU360246 GU360281 GU360719
GU359131 GU359519 GU359599 GU359993 GU360245 GU360282 GU360710
GU360008 GU360244
GU360709
GU359132 GU359520 GU359600 GU359991 GU360243 GU360283 GU360708
GU359133 GU359521
GU359990 GU360242 GU360293 GU360707
GU359134
GU359989 GU360241 GU360285 GU360706
GU359987 GU360239
GU359136 GU359523 GU359602
GU360704
GU360238 GU360287
GU359137 GU359533 GU359615 GU359986 GU360237 GU360288 GU360703
GU359138 GU359525 GU359604 GU359985 GU360191 GU360289 GU360702
GU359139
GU360158 GU360290 GU360701
Peterson 19685, Saarela & Sears GU359183 GU359518 GU359606 GU359984 GU360219 GU360291 GU360671
Peterson 19182, Soreng, Salariato
& Panizza
GU359227 GU359527 GU359607 GU359983 GU360172 GU360292 GU360655
Ekman s.n.
Schaffner 134
Peterson 12070 & Annable
Quezel & Bourreil s.n.
Greenway 9781
Stoddart 741
Peterson 19280, Soreng,
Salariado & Panizza
GU359156 GU359528 GU359608 GU359982 GU360171 GU360317 GU360638
GU359981
GU359201 GU359529 GU359609 GU359936 GU360170 GU360375 GU360673
GU360169
GU359202
GU359610 GU360007 GU360168 GU360349 GU360636
GU359963
GU359203 GU359530 GU359611 GU359919 GU360167
GU360635
Sohnsia filifolia (E. Fourn.) Airy Shaw
Sohnsia filifolia (E. Fourn.) Airy Shaw
Mexico
Mexico
GU359204 GU359531 GU359612 GU359918 GU360166 GU360350 GU360634
USA
Chile
Peterson 11129 & Annable
Reeder 4073 & Reeder
Peterson 19154, Soreng,
Salariado & Panizza
Peterson 22342 & Saarela
Peterson 22003 & Saarela
Peterson 22025 & Saarela
Peterson 21879, Soreng &
Sanchez Vega
Peterson 14233, Weakley &
LeBlond
Peterson 21163, Saarela, Rosen &
Reid
Peterson 19224, Soreng,
Salariado & Panizza
Peterson 14232, Weakley &
LeBlond
Peterson 15683 & Soreng
Spartina densiflora Brongn.
Sporobolus atrovirens (Kunth) Kunth
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A. Gray
Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br.
Argentina
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Sporobolus lasiophyllus Pilg.
Peru
Sporobolus pinetorum Weakley & P.M. Peterson
USA
Sporobolus pyramidalis P. Beauv.
Mexico
Sporobolus rigens (Trin.) Desv.
Argentina
Sporobolus teretifolius R.M. Harper
Sporobolus virginicus (L.) Kunth
Sporobolus wrightii Munro ex Scribn.
Swallenia alexandrae (Swallen) Soderstr. & H.F. Decker
Mexico
USA
Peterson 19841 & LaraContreras
Carter 2784
GU359216 GU359511 GU359668 GU359906 GU360155 GU360348 GU360624
GU359217 GU359512 GU359669 GU359920 GU360154 GU360364 GU360639
Tetrachne dregei Nees
Tetrapogon mossambicensis (K. Schum.) Chippend. ex. B.
S. Fisher
Tetrapogon spathaceus (Hochst. ex Steud.) Hack. ex T.
Durand & Schinz
South Africa
Jarman 120
GU359218 GU359513 GU359670 GU359904
South Africa
Oakes 1211
GU359219
Ash 2561
GU359220
Tetrapogon villosus Desf.
Tragus australianus S.T. Blake
Ethiopia
Gran
Canaria
Australia
GU359221 GU359514 GU359684 GU359901 GU360151 GU360367 GU360619
Tragus berteronianus Schult.
Tragus berteronianus Schult.
Tragus heptaneuron W.D.Clayton
Peru
Peru
Kenya
Johannes s.n.
Symon 13792
Peterson 21615, Soreng, LaTorre
& Rojas Fox
FLSP 457
Gillett 13019
Tragus koelerioides Asch.
Tragus mongolorum Ohwi
Tragus pedunculatus Pilg.
Trichloris crinita (Lag.) Parodi
Trichloris pluriflora E. Fourn.
South Africa
Ceylon
South Africa
Bolivia
Mexico
GU359226 GU359551 GU359677 GU359896 GU360146 GU360372 GU360614
Trichloris pluriflora E. Fourn.
Peru
Smook 6844
Clayton 5229
Schweickerdt 2297
Bastian 341
Sohns 1258
Peterson 15048 & RefulioRodriguez
Trichoneura eleusinoides (Rendle) Ekman
South Africa
Seydel 448
GU359135 GU359522 GU359601 GU359988 GU360240 GU360277 GU360705
GU359205 GU359532 GU359614 GU359917 GU360165 GU360332 GU360633
GU359206 GU359510 GU359640 GU359916 GU360164 GU360352
GU359207 GU359508
GU359915 GU360163 GU360315 GU360632
GU359208 GU359524 GU359674 GU359914 GU360162 GU360354 GU360631
GU359209 GU359504 GU359637 GU359913 GU360161 GU360355 GU360630
GU359210 GU359505 GU359664 GU359912 GU360145 GU360356 GU360629
GU359211 GU359506
GU359911 GU360159 GU360358
GU359228 GU359507 GU359665 GU359910 GU360174 GU360359 GU360628
GU359213 GU359517 GU359666 GU359909 GU360157 GU360360 GU360627
GU359199 GU359509
GU359908 GU360156 GU360376 GU360626
GU359215 GU359502 GU359667 GU359892
GU359903 GU360153
GU360362 GU360610
GU360365 GU360622
GU360621
GU359671 GU359902 GU360152 GU360366 GU360620
GU359222 GU359515 GU359673 GU359900 GU360150 GU360368 GU360618
GU359223 GU359535 GU359662 GU359899 GU360149 GU360369 GU360617
GU359224 GU359503 GU359675 GU359898 GU360148 GU360370 GU360616
GU359225 GU359526 GU359676 GU359897 GU360147 GU360371 GU360615
GU359894 GU360204
GU360612
GU359185 GU359552 GU359678 GU359895 GU360189 GU360373 GU360613
GU359171 GU359555
GU359907 GU360193 GU360363 GU360625
GU359214 GU359553 GU359679 GU359934 GU360160 GU360374 GU360653
GU359212 GU359554 GU359680 GU359905 GU360192 GU360334 GU360623
Trichoneura weberbaueri Pilg.
Tridens muticus (Torr.) Nash
Chile
Mexico
Triodia basedowii Pritz.
Australia
Triodia brizoides N.T. Burb.
Australia
Triodia bynoei (C.E. Hubb.) Lazarides
Triodia desertorum (C.E. Hubb.) Lazarides
Triodia fitzgeraldii N.T. Burb.
Australia
Australia
Australia
Triodia intermedia Cheel
Triodia irritans var. laxispicata N.T. Burb.
Australia
Australia
Triodia melvillei (C.E. Hubb.) Lazarides
Triodia pungens R. Br.
Australia
Australia
Triodia rigidissima (Pilg.) Lazarides
Australia
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.
Tripogon spicatus (Nees) Ekman
Tripogon yunnanensis J.L. Yang ex S.M. Phillips & S.L.
Chen
Triraphis andropogonoides (Steud.) E. Phillips
USA
Peru
Triraphis mollis R. Br.
Triraphis purpurea Hack.
Triraphis ramosissima Hack.
Triraphis schinzii Hack.
Tuctoria fragilis (Swallen) Reeder
Tuctoria greenei (Vasey) Reeder
Uniola condensata Hitchc.
Australia
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa
Mexico
USA
Ecuador
Uniola paniculata L.
Urochondra setulosa (Trin.) C.E. Hubb.
Vaseyochloa multinervosa (Vasey) Hitchc.
Willkommia annua Hack.
Willkommia sarmentosa Hack.
Willkommia texana Hitchc. var. texana
Zoysia japonica Steud.
Zoysia macrantha Desv.
Zoysia macrantha subsp. walshii M.E. Nightingale
USA
Pakistan
USA
South Africa
South Africa
USA
Japan
Australia
Australia
China
South Africa
Peterson 15686 & Soreng
Peterson 21997 & Saarela
Peterson 14437, Soreng &
Rosenberg
Peterson 14432, Soreng &
Rosenberg
Peterson 14424, Soreng &
Rosenberg
Lepschi 4499 & Craven
Lazarides 3169
Peterson 14384, Soreng, &
Rosenberg
Hind 5731, D'Aubert & Jones
Peterson 14383, Soreng &
Rosenberg
Thompson BUC800 & Simon
GU359172 GU359565 GU359681 GU359948 GU360194 GU360361 GU360668
Spjut 7263, White, Phillips & Lacy
Peterson 14238, Weakley &
LeBlond
Peterson 21784 & Soreng
Soreng 5564, Peterson & Sun
Hang
Mennell s.n.
Peterson 14344, Soreng &
Rosenberg
Schweickerdt 2115
Seydel 4278
Smook 1933
Reeder 7255 & Reeder
Reeder 6656 & Reeder
Peterson 9342 & Judziewicz
Peterson 11160, Annable &
Valdes-Reyna
Reichinger 27496
Swallen 10041
Hackel s.n.
Schweickerdt 2181
Gould 12525
Kuragadake s.n.
Soreng 5913 & Peterson
Loch 435
GU359198 GU359556 GU359646 GU359937 GU360198 GU360331 GU360657
GU359173 GU359557 GU359682 GU359947 GU360195 GU360321 GU360667
GU359174 GU359550 GU359683 GU359946 GU360205 GU360322 GU360666
GU359175 GU359559 GU359651 GU359945 GU360197 GU360323 GU360665
GU359176 GU359560 GU359649 GU359944 GU360190 GU360324 GU360664
GU359177 GU359561 GU359672 GU359943 GU360199 GU360325 GU360663
GU359178 GU359562 GU359641 GU359942 GU360200 GU360326 GU360662
GU359179 GU359563 GU359642 GU359941 GU360201 GU360327 GU360661
GU359180 GU359564 GU359643 GU359940 GU360202 GU360328 GU360660
GU359181 GU359542 GU359644 GU359939 GU360203 GU360329 GU360659
GU359182 GU359540 GU359645 GU359938 GU360175 GU360330 GU360658
GU359184 GU359536 GU359647 GU359921 GU360196 GU360347 GU360656
GU359170 GU359537 GU359648 GU359935 GU360188 GU360333 GU360640
GU359186 GU359538
GU360187 GU360487
GU359661 GU359949 GU360186 GU360335 GU360654
GU359187 GU359539 GU359650 GU359933 GU360185
GU359549 GU359639 GU359932 GU360184
GU359188 GU359541 GU359652 GU359931 GU360183
GU359653 GU359930
GU359189
GU359929 GU360182
GU359190
GU359928 GU360181
GU360336
GU360337
GU360338
GU360339
GU360669
GU360652
GU360651
GU360650
GU359191 GU359534 GU359654 GU359927 GU360180 GU360340 GU360649
GU359192 GU359543 GU359655 GU359926 GU360179 GU360341 GU360648
GU360178
GU360647
GU359193 GU359544 GU359656 GU359925 GU360177 GU360342 GU360646
GU360019
GU359194 GU359545 GU359657 GU359924 GU360252 GU360343 GU360645
GU359195 GU359546
GU360054 GU360344 GU360644
GU359196 GU359547 GU359658 GU359923 GU360022
GU360643
GU359142 GU359558 GU359660 GU360017 GU360020 GU360346 GU360641
GU359197 GU359548 GU359659 GU359922 GU360021 GU360345 GU360642