Interesting Facts
Description
Genus Milium
Annual
or perennial
. Leaf blades
flat; ligule membranous. Inflorescence a terminal
open panicle. Spikelets
elliptic
or ovate
, with 1 floret, bisexual
, slightly dorsally
compressed
, disarticulating
above glumes
, rachilla extension
absent; glumes subequal
, as long as spikelet, herbaceous, persistent
, 3-veined; callus very short, obtuse
, glabrous
; lemma elliptic, slightly shorter than glumes, leathery becoming indurated
and glossy at maturity, smooth
, glabrous, obscurely 5-veined, margins
involute
, apex acute, awnless; palea resembling lemma in texture
, 2-veined, not keeled
. Lodicules 2. Stamens 3.
Five species: Europe eastward to Japan, also in E North America; one species in China.
This genus has often been placed in Stipeae, but molecular evidence shows its relationship
lies
within Poeae.[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Milium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
M. coloratum (Klinegrass) · M. effusum (American Milletgrass) · M. effusum var. cisatlanticum (American Milletgrass) · M. effusum 'Aureum' (Golden Millet Grass) · M. vernale (Milium)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 12, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9333926
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15763255
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:408642-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3635615
Footnotes
- Zhen-lan Wu & Sylvia M. Phillips "Milium". in Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 225, 311. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
