Megalachne is a genus of Chilean plants in the grass family, found only on the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Chile.[2][3][4][5] A genetic analysis found it to be most closely related to the extinct Podophorus, also endemic to the Juan Fernández archipelago. This clade was in turn found to be nested within a paraphyletic Festuca, most closely related to F. pampeana of South America.[6]

Megalachne
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Loliinae
Genus: Megalachne
Steud.
Type species
Megalachne berteroniana
Synonyms[1]
  • Pantathera Phil.
Species[7]
formerly included[1]

see Eriachne

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Skottsberg, Carl Johan Fredrik & Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1920. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 16: 385-386 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
  3. ^ Matthei, Oscar R. 1974. Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 48: 171, f. 1a, c–e in Spanish
  4. ^ Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von. 1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 237 in Latin
  5. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. ^ Moreno-Aguilar, María Fernanda; Arnelas, Itziar; Sánchez-Rodríguez, Aminael; Viruel, Juan; Catalán, Pilar (2020-06-26). "Museomics Unveil the Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Neglected Juan Fernandez Archipelago Megalachne and Podophorus Endemic Grasses and Their Connection With Relict Pampean-Ventanian Fescues". Frontiers in Plant Science. 11: 819. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00819. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 7333454. PMID 32754167.
  7. ^ The Plant List search for Megalachne