Genus Chascolytrum Desv.


Summary
Genus number:
13937
Last updated:
2 February 2017
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Calothecinae
Accession count:

24 (17  active, 15  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
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References:
  1. Essi, L. et al. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of the Briza complex (Poaceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 47:1018-1029. Note: findings support a single genus for the South American group, which will require several new combinations to implement
  2. Essi, L. et al. 2011. New combinations within the Briza complex (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae). Novon 21:326-330. DOI: 10.3417/2010026.
  3. Essi, L. et al. 2017. A synopsis of Briza, Brizochloa, and Chascolytrum (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 102:466-519. DOI: 10.3417/2012069.
  4. Nogueira Da Silva, L. et al. 2020. Advances in the phylogeny of the South American cool-season grass genus Chascolytrum (Poaceae, Pooideae): a new infrageneric classification. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 192:97-120. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boz046.
  5. Silva, L. N. da et al. 2021. A comprehensive species sampling sheds light on the molecular phylogenetics of Calothecinae (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae): evidence for a new subtribe and multiple genera within the Chascolytrum clade. J. Syst. Evol. 60:691-712. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12750.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=13937. Accessed 11 May 2026.