Phalarideae

Belongs within: Pooideae.

The Phalarideae are a group of grasses bearing spikelets with three florets, though only the upper floret is perfect whereas the lower pair may be only staminate or reduced to tiny scales (Voss 1972). Phalaris is a genus with shiny lemmas that is commonly found growing in damp habitats (Hickman 1993).

<==Phalarideae
    |--Potamophila parvifloraB78
    |--AnthoxanthumV72
    |    |--A. aristatumH93
    |    |--A. horsfieldiiH03
    |    |--A. odoratumC06
    |    `--A. pueliiV72
    |--HierochloeC06 [incl. DisarrhenumB78]
    |    |--H. alpinaB78
    |    |--H. borealisB78
    |    |--H. brunonisC06
    |    |--H. fraseri [incl. H. redolens var. fraseri]C06
    |    |    |--H. f. var. fraseriC06
    |    |    `--H. f. var. recurvata Hack. in Cheeseman 1906C06
    |    |--H. laxaO88
    |    |--H. novae-zelandiaeW91
    |    |--H. occidentalisH93
    |    |--H. odorataH93
    |    |--H. rarifloraB78
    |    `--H. redolensC06 (see below for synonymy)
    |         |--H. r. var. redolensB78
    |         `--H. r. var. submuticaB78
    `--PhalarisGPWG01
         |--P. angustaS06
         |--P. aquatica [incl. P. tuberosa var. stenoptera]H93
         |--P. arundinaceaGPWG01
         |    |--P. a. f. arundinaceaV72
         |    `--P. a. f. variegataV72
         |--P. brachystachysH93
         |--P. californicaH93
         |--P. canariensisS06
         |--P. carolinianaH93
         |--P. coerulescensKS98
         |--P. intermediaS06
         |    |--P. i. var. intermediaS06
         |    `--P. i. var. angustifoliaS06
         |--P. lemmoniiH93
         |--P. minorAGF98
         |--P. paradoxaMM09
         `--P. tuberosaH74

Hierochloe redolens^C06 [=Holcus redolens^C06, Torresia redolens^C06; incl. Disarrhenum antarcticum^B78, Hierochloe antarctica^C06, Melica magellanica^B78]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AGF98] Abd El-Ghani, M. M., & A. G. Fahmy. 1998. Composition of and changes in the spontaneous flora of Feiran Oasis, S Sinai, Egypt, in the last 60 years. Willdenowia 28: 123–134.

[B78] Bentham, G. 1878. Flora Australiensis: A description of the plants of the Australian Territory vol. 7. Roxburghiaceae to Filices. L. Reeve & Co.: London.

[C06] Cheeseman, T. F. 1906. Manual of the New Zealand Flora. John Mackay, Government Printer: Wellington.

[GPWG01] Grass Phylogeny Working Group. 2001. Phylogeny and subfamilial classification of the grasses (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88 (3): 373–457.

[H03] Heads, M. 2003. Ericaceae in Malesia: vicariance biogeography, terrane tectonics and ecology. Telopea 10 (1): 311–449.

[H74] Helson, G. A. H. 1974. Insect Pests: Identification, life history, and control of pests of farms, horticulture, gardens, and public health. A. R. Shearer, Government Printer: Wellington (New Zealand).

[H93] Hickman, J. C. (ed.) 1993. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. University of California Press: Berkeley (California).

[KS98] Klein, J., A. Sato, S. Nagl & C. O’hUigín. 1998. Molecular trans-species polymorphism. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 29: 1–21.

[MM09] Mound, L. A., & M. Masumoto. 2009. Australian Thripinae of the Anaphothrips genus-group (Thysanoptera), with three new genera and thirty-three new species. Zootaxa 2042: 1–76.

[O88] Ohba, H. 1988. The alpine flora of the Nepal Himalayas: an introductory note. In: Ohba, H., & S. B. Malla (eds) The Himalayan Plants vol. 1. The University Museum, University of Tokyo, Bulletin 31: 19–46.

[S06] Stuckert, T. 1906. Segunda contribución al conocimiento de las gramináceas Argentinas. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, serie 3, 6: 409–555.

[V72] Voss, E. G. 1972. Michigan Flora. Part I. Gymnosperms and Monocots. Cranbrook Institute of Science and University of Michigan Herbarium.

[W91] Williams, P. A. 1991. Subalpine and alpine vegetation of granite ranges in western Nelson, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 29: 317–330.