Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Lygeum Loefl. in Linnaeus 1754
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1754. Genera plantarum : eorumque characteres naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm, et proportionem omnium fructificationis partium, 5th edition.
Parent taxon: Poaceae according to A.M.F.J. Palisot de Beauvois 1812
Sister taxa: Actinocladum, Bambusa, Bambusoideae, Cerealia, Chrysochloa, Culmites, Elymus, Eragrosites, Glycerioxylon, Graminocarpon, Greeneochloa, Hubbardia, Hygrorhizos, Iseilema, Lepturus, Monoporopollenites, Neostapfia, Ophiuros, Palaeozea, Sohnsia, Tridens, Walwhalleya, Zea, Zotovia, Phyllostachys, Andropogon, Palaeoavena, Graminophyllum, Pennisetum, Graminites, Stipidium, Leptaspis, Panicum, Paleoeriocoma, Muhlenbergia, Saccharum, Triticum, Palaeophragmites, Setaria, Stipa, Glumophyllum, Phragmites, Festuca, Poacites, Oryzopsis, Berriochloa, Bambusites, Phalaris, Humbertochloa, Palaeopyrum, Bromus, Oryza, Chaetochloa, Rhizocaulon, Arundinaria, Sorghum
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at 339-U1387C-35R-CC 0/8 PALY (Pliocene of North Atlantic)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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