A Concise Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Alopecurus L. (Gramineae)
Tr. J. of Botany 23 (1999) 245-262 © TÜBİTAK Research Article A Concise Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Alopecurus L. (Gramineae) Musa DOĞAN Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Biology, 06531 Ankara-TURKEY Received: 20.11.1997 Accepted: 12.03.1999 Abstract: An account of 29 species and 12 subspecies identified in the genus Alopecurus L. is given including the genus description, a key for the species, species descriptions, flowering times, habitats, altitudes, type citations, citation of the specimens examined, general distributions and biogeography of the species. Key Words: Taxonomy, Alopecurus, Gramineae. Alopecurus L. (Gramineae) Cinsinin Kısa Bir Taksonomik Revizyonu Özet: Alopecurus L. cinsinde saptanan 29 tür ve 12 alttüre ilişkin hazırlanan bu makale cins tanımını, tür anahtarını, tür tanımlarını, çiçeklenme zamanını, habitatları, yükseklik, tip örneği ile incelenen örneklere atıfları, türlerin genel yayılış alanlarını ve biyocografyasınıda içermektedir. Anahtar Sözcükler: Taksonomi, Alopecurus, Gramineae. Introduction arundinaceus, A. mucronatus and A. apiatus Ovez. The The genus Alopecurus L. (Foxtail), a member of the genus contains 5 species in the Aegean Islands (6), 6 tribe Aveneae, contains 29 species and is distributed in species in Algeria (7), 4 species in Canada (8), 1 species almost all non-tropical regions of both hemispheres and, in Egypt (9), 14 species in Europe (10), 14 species in Iran to a certain extent, in the alpine tropics with its main (11), 3 species in Iraq (12), 3 species in Japan (13), 9 distribution in southwest Asia. The genus contains species in Pakistan (14), 21 species in Turkey (15, 16), 9 important fodder plants, such as A pratensis L., A.
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