Wangenheimia

Wangenheimia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Wangenheimia
Moench
Species: W. lima
Binomial name
Wangenheimia lima
(L.) Trin.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cynosurus lima L.
  • Eleusine lima (L.) Lam.
  • Wangenheimia disticha Moench
  • Dinebra lima (L.) P.Beauv.
  • Poa lima (L.) Trin.
  • Dactylis lima (L.) Steud.
  • Festuca rhachiantha Steud.
  • Desmazeria castellana Willk.
  • Desmazeria pauciflora Merino
  • Wangenheimia lima var. villosula Maire
  • Desmazeria marina subsp. pauciflora (Merino) Silva Pando
  • Catapodium pauciflorum (Merino) Brullo, Giusso, Miniss. & Spamp.

Wangenheimia is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2][3] The genus is named for Prussian botanist Friedrich Adam Julius von Wangenheim (1749–1800).[2] The only known species is Wangenheimia lima, native to Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.[1][4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 Moench, Conrad. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis : a staminum situ describendi 200 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Wangenheimia Moench
  4. ↑ Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press
  5. ↑ Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.


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