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Streptochaeta
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Streptochaeta is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is the only genus in the tribe Streptochaeteae of the family Poaceae.[2][3][4]
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Streptochaeta | |
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Drawing of Streptochaeta spicata | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Anomochlooideae |
Tribe: | Streptochaeteae C.E.Hubb. |
Genus: | Streptochaeta Schrad. ex Nees. |
Type species | |
Streptochaeta spicata Schrad. ex Nees. | |
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The species of Streptochaeta are native to neotropical realm regions of North America, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
As the genus is an early-diverging sister lineage in relation to most other grasses, the genome of S. angustifolia has been sequenced to study the evolution of the Poaceae.[5]