Milium_(plant)

<i>Milium</i> (plant)

Milium (plant)

Genus of grasses

Milium (vernacular name milletgrass) is a genus of Eurasian, North American, and North African plants in the grass family.[4][5][6][7]

Species[3][8]
Formerly included[3]

Quick Facts Milium, Scientific classification ...

many species once included in Milium but now considered better suited to other genera: Achnatherum, Aeluropus, Agrostis, Airopsis, Alloteropsis, Amphicarpum, Aniselytron, Anthaenantia, Antinoria, Apera, Arundinella, Axonopus, Brachiaria, Cynodon, Digitaria, Echinochloa, Eriochloa, Eriocoma, Gastridium, Homolepis, Ichnanthus, Isachne, Luziola, Muhlenbergia, Nassella, Oplismenus, Oryzopsis, Panicum, Paspalum, Pentameris, Piptatherum, Piptochaetium, Poa, Polypogon, Sorghum, Sporobolus, Trachypogon, Tricholaena, Triplachne, Zingeria and Zoysia.

References

  1. [1]
    lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 119. 1929
  2. [2]
    Tropicos, Milium L.
  3. [3]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. [4]
    Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. [5]
    Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Milium
  6. [6]
    Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 311 粟草属 su cao shu Milium Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 61. 1753.
  7. [7]
    Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  8. [8]
    Milium The Plant List. accessed 17 March 2014


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