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Lolium
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Lolium is a genus of tufted grasses in the bluegrass subfamily (Pooideae). It is often called ryegrass, but this term is sometimes used to refer to grasses in other genera.
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Lolium is a genus within the family Poaceae, commonly referred to as perennial rye grass. It belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Tracheophyta. Taxonomic classifications place it in the order Poales, with varying class assignments including Liliopsida and Magnoliopsida. The scientific name is Lolium L., and the taxon is considered accepted.
The genus is native to a wide range of locations, including Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, the Azores, Baleares, the Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, and Burundi. Records from iDigBio indicate presence in the United States, Argentina, Turkey, Australia, and Belgium, with specimens held by institutions such as MSC, RSA, CAS, US, and MEL.
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Species
Lolium
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Lolium L'ivraie, Lolium, ou encore Zizanie[1], est un genre de poacées (graminée) sauvage ou cultivée comme plante fourragère. Elle est originaire des régions tempérées chaudes d'Eurasie. Certaines espèces sont considérées comme des adventices. Il existe une trentaine d'espèces du genre Lolium, appelé en anglais Ryegrass, d'où le terme de « ray-grass » ou « ray grass » sous lequel sont désignées en français les espèces les plus couramment cultivées. Les principales espèces cultivées sont les suivantes : Lolium multiflorum, ivraie multiflore ou ray-grass d'Italie , Lolium perenne, ivraie vivace ou ray-grass anglais. On a longtemps cru que l'ivraie enivrante, Lolium temulentum, était la seule variété d'ivraie dont les graines étaient toxiques à hautes doses, induisant à faible dose des effets comparables à l'ivresse. Or la découverte d'un champignon endophyte, vivant en parfaite symbiose avec Lolium / Lolium temulentum par P. GUÉRIN[2] fut vérifiée, confirmée en tant qu'infection artificielle et fait régulièrement l'objet d'études approfondies[3],[4]. Sommaire 1 Étymologie et références historiques 2 Caractères généraux du genre Lolium 3 Génétique 4 Distribution 5 Liste des espèces 6
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,447
- With media
- 731
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- MSC, RSA, CAS, US, MEL, CHSC
- Recorded in
- United States, Argentina, Turkey, Australia, Belgium, United Kingdom
Research
4,348 papers- Review: evolutionary drivers of agricultural adaptation in Lolium spp.Pest management science · 2021
- Progress towards elucidating the mechanisms of self-incompatibility in the grasses: further insights from studies in Lolium.Annals of botany · 2011
- Cytogenetics of Festulolium (Festuca x Lolium hybrids).Cytogenetic and genome research · 2008
- Reciprocal allopolyploid grasses (Festuca × Lolium) display stable patterns of genome dominance.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2021
- Epichloë festucae var. lolii endophyte affects host response to fungal disease progression in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne).Science China. Life sciences · 2019
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Species
- Cultivation and uses
- References
Lolium is a genus of tufted grasses in the bluegrass subfamily (Pooideae). It is often called ryegrass, but this term is sometimes used to refer to grasses in other genera.
They are characterized by bunch-like growth habits. Lolium is native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa, as well as being cultivated and naturalized in Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands. Ryegrasses are naturally diploid, with 2n=14, and are closely related to the fescues (Festuca).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lolium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.