''Ecdeiocolea'' is a
genus of grass-like plants from
Western Australia. It was first defined by von Mueller in 1874.
''Ecdeiocolea'' contains two
species.
[Barbara G. Briggs. 2011. "''Ecdeiocolea rigens'', a new species of ''Ecdeiocolea'' (Poales) from Western Australia". ''Telopea'' 13(1-2):69-75. ISSN 0312-9764.] The genus is a member of the small family
Ecdeiocoleaceae and its
type species is the widespread ''
Ecdeiocolea monostachya
''Ecdeiocolea monostachya'' is a species of grass-like plant in the family Ecdeiocoleaceae native to Western Australia. It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller, Mueller in 1874. It is a perennial herb which grows in tufts high and wide ...
'' .
''Ecdeiocolea'' is most closely
related
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The ...
to the
graminoid
In botany and ecology, graminoid refers to a herbaceous plant with a grass-like morphology, i.e. elongated culms with long, blade-like leaves. They are contrasted to forbs, herbaceous plants without grass-like features.
The plants most ofte ...
families
Joinvilleaceae and
Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
.
Molecular phylogenetic
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indicate that ''Ecdeiocolea'' is
sister to Poaceae.
[Thomas J. Givnish, Mercedes Ames, Joel R. McNeal, Michael R. McKain, P. Roxanne Steele, Claude W. dePamphilis, Sean W. Graham, J. Chris Pires, Dennis W. Stevenson, Wendy B. Zomlefer, Barbara G. Briggs, Melvin R. Duvall, Michael J. Moore, J. Michael Heaney, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Kevin Thiele, and James H. Leebens-Mack. 2010. "Assembling the Tree of the Monocotyledons: Plastome Sequence Phylogeny and Evolution of Poales". ''Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden'' 97(4):584-616. ]
References
Poales
Angiosperms of Western Australia
Poales of Australia
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