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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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] | |
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- Species[7]
- Megalachne berteroniana Steud.
- Megalachne masafuerana (Pilg.) Matthei
- formerly included[1]
see Eriachne
- Megalachne zeylanica - syn of Eriachne triseta
References
edit- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Skottsberg, Carl Johan Fredrik & Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1920. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 16: 385-386 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German
- ^ Matthei, Oscar R. 1974. Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 48: 171, f. 1a, c–e in Spanish
- ^ Steudel, Ernst Gottlieb von. 1854. Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 237 in Latin
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ 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.
- ^ The Plant List search for Megalachne