Lecomtella

Lecomtella is a genus of grasses with the sole species Lecomtella madagascariensis, native to Madagascar. It is the only genus in the tribe Lecomtelleae.

Lecomtella

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Clade: PACMAD clade
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Lecomtelleae
Pilg. ex Potztal (1957)
Genus: Lecomtella
A.Camus
Species:
L. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Lecomtella madagascariensis
A.Camus (1925)

The species and genus were described by Aimée Antoinette Camus in 1925.[2] L. madagascariensis is perennial, has culms 50–300 cm (20–118 in) long, and resembles bamboo, to which it is however unrelated. Contrarily to many other species in subfamily Panicoideae, this grass uses C3 photosynthesis. It is only found in the Andringitra Massif of central Madagascar, at elevations of 1,600–2,400 m (5,200–7,900 ft), and critically endangered.[1]

The genus is included in the tribe Paspaleae in a 2015 classification[3] although a phylogenetic study had shown in 2013 that it is isolated within the subfamily Panicoideae and best treated in a separate tribe Lecomtelleae.[1]

References
  1. Besnard, G.; Christin, P.-A.; Male, P.-J. G.; Coissac, E.; Ralimanana, H.; Vorontsova, M. S. (2013). "Phylogenomics and taxonomy of Lecomtelleae (Poaceae), an isolated panicoid lineage from Madagascar". Annals of Botany. 112 (6): 1057–1066. doi:10.1093/aob/mct174. ISSN 0305-7364. PMC 3783238. PMID 23985988.
  2. Camus, Aimée Antoinette 1925. Lecomtella, genre nouvelle de Graminees malgaches. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 181: 567
  3. Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson, Paul M.; Romschenko, Konstantin; Davidse, Gerrit; Zuloaga, Fernando O.; Judziewicz, Emmet J.; Filgueiras, Tarciso S.; Davis, Jerrold I.; Morrone, Osvaldo (2015). "A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae)". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 53 (2): 117–137. doi:10.1111/jse.12150. ISSN 1674-4918.

Clayton, W.D.; Vorontsova, M.S.; Harman, K.T.; Williamson, H. "Lecomtella madagascariensis". GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2015-12-20.


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