Phleum
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Phleum pratense
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek φλέως (phléōs, “wool-tufted reed”), Saccharum ravennae ( <= Erianthus ravennae )
Proper noun
Phleum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – tufted grasses growing to 20-150 cm tall, with cylindrical flowerheads with densely packed spikelets, called timothy and certain catstails.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Poales – order; Poaceae – family; BOP clade - clade; Pooideae - subfamily; Aveneae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Phleum alpinum, alpine catstail or alpine timothy; Phleum arenarium, sand catstail or sand timothy; Phleum boissieri; Phleum commutatum; Phleum crypsoides; Phleum echinatum; Phleum exaratum; Phleum gibbum; Phleum hirsutum; Phleum iranicum; Phleum japonicum; Phleum montanum; Phleum paniculatum, British timothy; Phleum phleoides, purple-stem catstail; Phleum pratense, timothy-grass; Phleum subulatum, Italian timothy - selected species (See
Phleum on WikispeciesWikispecies for more, including synonyms.)
References
Phleum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Phleum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Phleum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Phleum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Phleum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Phleum at USDA Plants database
- Phleum at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Phleum at Tropicos
- Phleum at World Register of Marine Species
