Anomochloa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the grass family, Poaceae. It is one of the two genera in its subfamily and the only genus in the tribe Anomochloeae.Brongniart, Adolphe Théodore. 1851. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, séries 3. v 16: page 368 + plate 23Tropicos, Anomochloa marantoidea Brongn.Judziewicz, E. J. & T. R. Soderstrom. 1989. Morphological, anatomical, and taxonomic studies in Anomochloa and Streptochaeta (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 68: i–iii, 1–52 The only known species is Anomochloa marantoidea, native to the State of Bahia in eastern Brazil.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Description Vegetative characteristics Anomochloa is a terrestrial, perennial, rhizomatous herb. Generative characteristics The oblong, laterally compressed 10 mm long, and 2.5 mm wide caryopsis has an adherent pericarp.
Cytology The diploid chromosome count of Anomochloa is 2n = 36.Kellogg, E.A. (2015). I. Subfamily Anomochlooideae Pilg. ex Potztal (1957). In: Flowering Plants. Monocots. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol 13. Springer, Cham.
Taxonomy It was published by Adolphe Théodore Brongniart in 1851. Within the subfamily Anomochlooideae, it is placed in its own monotypic tribe Anomochloeae.USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyfamily?type=tribe&id=1293. Accessed 6 January 2025.USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyfamily?type=subfamily&id=1858. Accessed 6 January 2025.
Conservation It is an endangeredRafael Augusto Xavier Borges; Miguel d'Avila de Moraes. 2012. Anomochloa marantoidea (POACEAE). Lista Vermelha da Flora Brasileira: Centro Nacional de Conservação da Flora/ Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. and extremely rare species.João P Silva Vieira, Alessandra S Schnadelbach, Frederic Mendes Hughes, Jomar G Jardim, Lynn G Clark, R Patrícia De Oliveira, Ecological niche modelling and genetic diversity of Anomochloa marantoidea (Poaceae): filling the gaps for conservation in the earliest-diverging grass subfamily, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 192, Issue 1, January 2020, Pages 258–280, https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boz039
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