Orinus is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family.[1][2] The genome of O. kokonorica has been sequenced.[3]

Orinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Orininae
Genus: Orinus
Hitchc.
Type species
Orinus arenicola
(syn of O. thoroldii)
Species[4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ Hitchcock, Albert Spear 1933. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 23: 135-136 descriptions in Latin and English in page 136, commentary in English; line drawing of Orinus arenicola on page 135
  2. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  3. ^ Qu, Kunjing; Liu, Ai; Yin, Mou; Mu, Wenjie; Wu, Shuang; Hu, Hongyin; Chen, Jinyuan; Su, Xu; Dou, Quanwen; Ren, Guangpeng (2023-12-02). "A genome assembly for Orinus kokonorica provides insights into the origin, adaptive evolution and further diversification of two closely related grass genera". Communications Biology. 6 (1): 1223. doi:10.1038/s42003-023-05620-5. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 10693610. PMID 38042963.
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 464 固沙草属 gu sha cao shu Orinus Hitchcock, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 23: 136. 1933