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Here are some useful references and links related to Classical and modern phylogenetic works carried out on Poaceae. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOME USEFUL REFERENCES ON THE PHYLOGENY OF GRASSES: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aliscioni, S.S., Giussani, L.M., Zuloaga, F.O., Kellogg, E.A. 2003. A molecular phylogeny of Panicum (Poaceae: Paniceae): Tests of monophyly and phylogenetic placement within the Panicoideae. American Journal of Botany, 90 (5), pp. 796-821. Barker, N.P., Linder, H.P., Harley, E.H. 1995. Polyphyly of Arundinoideae (Poaceae): Evidence from rbcL sequence data. Systematic Botany, 20 (4), pp. 423-435. Barker, N.P., Clark, L.G., Davis, J.I., Duvall, M.R., Guala, G.F., Hsiao, C., Kellogg, E.A., Spangler, R.E. 2001, Phylogeny and subfamilial classification of the grasses (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 88 (3), pp. 373-457. Carroll DJ, Cambell M, Thorpe JW, Robertson J. 1983. The potential use of isoelectric focusing for the identification and discrimination of grass species on the basis of their seed proteins. J. For. Sci. Socy. 23:297–305. Clark LG, Zhang W, Wendel JF. A phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae) based on ndhF sequence data. Syst. Bot. 1995; 20:436–460. Duvall, M.R., Noll, J.D., Minn, A.H. 2001. Phylogenetics of Paniceae (Poaceae) American Journal of Botany, 88 (11), pp. 1988-1992. Duvall, M.R., Davis, J.I., Clark, L.G., Noll, J.D., Goldman, D.H., Sánchez-Ken, J.G. 2007. Phylogeny of the grasses (Poaceae) revisited. Monocots: Comparative Biology and Evolution, 2, pp. 237-247. Grass Phylogeny Working Group. A phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae) as inferred from eight character sets. In: Jacobs S, Everett J editor. Grasses: systematics and evolution. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing; 2000; p. 3–7. Grass Phylogeny Working Group. Phylogeny and subfamilial classification of the grasses (Poaceae). Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 2001; 88: 373–457. Hamby, R.K., Zimmer, E.A. 1988. Ribosomal RNA sequences for inferring phylogeny within the grass family (Poaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution, 160 (1-2), pp. 29-37. Hilu, K.W., Wright, K. 1982. Systematics of Gramineae: A cluster analysis study. Taxon, 31, pp. 9-36. Hilu, K.W., Alice, L.A., Liang, H. 1999. Phylogeny of poaceae inferred from matK sequences. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 86 (4), pp. 835-851. Kellogg, E.A., Watson, L. 1993. Phylogenetic studies of a large data set. I. Bambusoideae, Andropogonodae, and Pooideae (Gramineae). Bot. Rev., 59 (4), pp. 273-343. Kellogg, E.A., Campbell, C.S. 1987. Phylogenetic analyses of the Gramineae. Grass Systematics and Evolution, pp. 310-322. Mathews, S., Tsai, R.C., Kellogg, E.A. 2000. Phylogenetic structure in the grass family (Poaceae): Evidence from the nuclear gene phytochrome B. American Journal of Botany, 87 (1), pp. 96-107. Nadot, S., Bajon, R., Lejeune, B. 1994. The chloroplast gene rps4 as a tool for the study of Poaceae phylogeny. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 191 (1-2), pp. 27-38. Rua, G.H., Speranza, P.R., Vaio, M., Arakaki, M.A. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Paspalum (Poaceae) based on cpDNA and morphology. Plant Systematics and Evolution 288 (3-4): 227-243. Sánchez-Ken, J.G., Clark, L.G. 2010, Phylogeny and a new tribal classification of the Panicoideae s.l. (Poaceae) based on plastid and nuclear sequence data and structural data American Journal of Botany, 97(10): 1732-1748. Soreng RJ, Davis JI. 2000. Phylogenetic structure in Poaceae subfamily Pooideae as inferred from molecular and morphological characters: misclassification versus reticulation. In: Jacobs S, Everett J editor. Grasses: systematics and evolution. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing; p. 61–74. Ward, J., Peakall, R., Gilmore, S.R., Robertson, J., 2005. A molecular identification system for grasses: a novel technology for forensic botany. Forensic Science International 152 (2): 121-131. Some useful links: -------------------------- Phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Oryzeae: Total chloroplast DNA restriction fragment analysis (A preliminary report) http://www.shigen.nig.ac.jp/rice/rgn/vol6/v6p76.html Phylogenetic Relationships in the Genus Paspalum (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae): An Assessment of the Quadrifaria and Virgata Informal Groups http://www.usask.ca/biology/cota-sanchez/lab/sec/articles/Giussani_etal_SysBot_2009.pdf Development and mapping of DArT markers within the Festuca - Lolium complex http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/473/ Phylogenetics of Paniceae (Poaceae) http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/88/11/1988 SOME USEFUL LINKS ON CLASSICAL TAXONOMY OF POACEAE: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An investigation on the diversity, distribution and conservation of poaceae species growing naturally in Eskişehir province (Central Anatolia–Turkey) http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/39%284%29/PJB39%284%291055.pdf Key for the family Poaceae in Flora of China http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/volume22/FOC22_Introduction.pdf Key for the family from Flora of Pakistan http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=10711 Some useful references: ----------------------------------- Aliscioni, S.S., Denham, S.S. 2008. Rachis of the genus Paspalum L. (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae): Anatomy and taxonomic significance of the primary branches of the inflorescences. Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 203 (1), pp. 60-76. Bentham, G. 1881. Notes of Gramineae. Journal of the Linnean Society, 19, pp. 14-134. Decker, H.F. 1964. An anatomic-systematic study of the classical tribe Festuceae (Gramineae). American Journal of Botany, 51, pp. 453-463. Krishnan, S., Samson, N.P., Ravichandran, P., Narasimhan, D., Dayanandan, P. 2000. Phytoliths of Indian grasses and their potential use in identification. Botanical Journal of Linnean Society 132 (2): 241-252. L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz, The Grass Genera of the World, C.A.B International, UK, 1992. Morrone, O., Denham, S.S., Zuloaga, F.O. 2004. Taxonomic revision of genus Paspalum group Eriantha (Poaceae, Panicoideae, Paniceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 91 (2), pp. 225-246. Munshi, A.H., 2000. Flowering calendar of grasses in Srinagar, Kashmir Himalaya (India). Aerobiologia 16: 449–452. Nair, V.J., Ramachandran, V.S., Sreekumar, P.V. 1982. Chandrasekharania: a new genus of Poaceae from Kerala, India. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Section B. Part 3, Plant Sciences 91 (2), pp. 79-82. Prat, H. 1960. Vers une classification naturelle des graminées. Bulletin De La Soci Ét É Botanique De France, 107, pp. 32-79. Renvoize, S.A. 1982. A survey of leaf-blade anatomy in grasses III. Garnotieae Kew Bulletin, 37, pp. 497-500. Renvoize, S.A. 1981. The subfamily Arundinoideae and its position in relation to a general classification of the Gramineae. Kew Bulletin, 36, pp. 85-102. Soderstrom, T.R. 1981. The grass subfamily Centostecoideae. Taxon, 30, pp. 614-616. Sánchez-Ken, J.G., Clark, L.G., Kellogg, E.A., Kay, E.E. 2007. Reinstatement and emendation of subfamily Micrairoideae (Poaceae) Systematic Botany, 32 (1), pp. 71-80. Tateoka, T. 1957. Miscellaneous papers on the phylogeny of the Poaceae (10). Proposition of a new phylogenetic system of Poaceae. Journal of Japanese Botany, 32, pp. 275-287. Watson, L., Dallwitz, M.J. 1992. The grass genera of the world pp. 1038. ISBN: 0851988024. Watson, L., Clifford, H.T., Dallwitz, M.J. 1985, The classification of the Poaceae: Subfamilies and supertribes. Australian Journal of Botany, 33, pp. 433-484 Hope they'll be of some use for the group members. I request all to add their references also to this list. Best regards, Ritesh.

