Cornucopiae

hooded grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Cornucopiae
L.[1]
Type species
Cornucopiae cucullatum
L.[2]

Cornucopiae is a genus of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern plants in the grass family.[3] Common name is hooded grass.[4]

Species[5][6]
  1. Cornucopiae alopecuroides L. - Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel
  2. Cornucopiae cucullatum L. - Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Iraq
formerly included[5]

see Agrostis

References

  1. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 54
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Cornucopiae L.
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Cornucopia, Hooded Grass, Cornucopiae cucullatum L.
  5. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Cornucopiae
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