Schmelzer G. (1997). Review of Pennisetum section Brevivalvula (Poaceae). Euphytica, 97, p. 1-20. ISSN 0014-2336.
Titre du document
Review of Pennisetum section Brevivalvula (Poaceae)
Année de publication
1997
Type de document
Article
Auteurs
Schmelzer G.
Source
Euphytica, 1997,
97, p. 1-20 ISSN 0014-2336
Section Brevivalvula is one of five sections in the large tropical grass genus Pennisetum. It belongs to the tertiary genepool of P. glaucum (L.) R. Br., pearl millet, and consists of six morphological taxa : P. atrichum Stapf and Hubb., P. hordeoides (Lam.) Steud., P. pedicellatum Trin., P. polystachion (L.) Schult., P. setosum (Swartz) L. Rich. and P. subangustum (Schum.) Stapf and Hubb., which together form a polyploid and agamic complex. Four euploid (x = 9) and twelve aneuploid chromosome levels have been found till now ; the polyploids are apomictic, while diploid populations of P. polystachion and P. subangustum are considered sexual. (Résumé d'auteur)
