Pharus (plant) explained

Pharus, the stalkgrasses, is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2]}

As an early-diverging genus in its family, it is of interest for the study of the evolution of the grasses. Hence, the genome of P. latifolius has been sequenced.^[3]

Species

^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

• Pharus ecuadoricus Judz. - Ecuador
• Pharus lappulaceus Aubl. - Americas from Florida + San Luis Potosí to Uruguay
• Pharus latifolius L. - Americas from Cuba + Veracruz to Bolivia
• Pharus mezii Prodoehl - southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
• Pharus parvifolius Nash - southern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, West Indies
• Pharus virescens Döll - Central America, northern South America
• Pharus vittatus Lem. - Central America, Colombia

formerly included

^[4] see Hygroryza Leersia Leptaspis Scrotochloa

• Pharus aristatus - Hygroryza aristata
• Pharus banksii - Leptaspis banksii
• Pharus ciliatus - Leersia hexandra
• Pharus natans - Hygroryza aristata
• Pharus urceolatus - Scrotochloa urceolata

Notes and References

1. Emmet J. Judziewicz & Lynn G. Clark . 2007 . Classification and biogeography of New World grasses: Anomochlooideae, Pharoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Bambusoideae . . 23 . 303–314. 10.5642/aliso.20072301.25 . free .
2. Judziewicz, E. J. 1994. 22. Pharus P. Browne. 6: 218–220. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
3. Ma . Peng-Fei . Liu . Yun-Long . Jin . Gui-Hua . Liu . Jing-Xia . Wu . Hong . He . Jun . Guo . Zhen-Hua . Li . De-Zhu . 2021-02-08 . ThePharus latifoliusgenome bridges the gap of early grass evolution . The Plant Cell . 33 . 4 . 846–864 . 10.1093/plcell/koab015 . 1040-4651 . 8226297 . 33630094.
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=433604 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Pharus The Plant List search for Pharus
6. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/125618#page/3/mode/1up Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584
7. Catasus Guerra, L. 1997. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, I. Fontqueria 46: [i–ii], 1–259.