Rhizocephalus

Rhizocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Rhizocephalus
Boiss.
Species: R. orientalis
Binomial name
Rhizocephalus orientalis
Boiss.
Synonyms[1]
  • Heleochloa orientalis (Boiss.) Dinsm.
  • Crypsis pygmaea Jaub. & Spach
  • Heleochloa pygmaea (Jaub. & Spach) B.D.Jacks.
  • Heleochloa turkestanica Litv.
  • Rhizocephalus turkestanicus (Litv.) Roshev.

Rhizocephalus is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2][3][4] The only known species is Rhizocephalus orientalis, native to Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.[1][5][6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1844. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 1(5): 68
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Rhizocephalus Boiss.
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul
  6. ↑ Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  7. ↑ Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae


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