Zingeria

Zingeria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Zingeria
P.A.Smirn.
Type species
Zingeria biebersteiniana
(Claus) P.A.Smirn.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Zingeriopsis Prob.

Zingeria is a genus of Asian and European plants in the grass family.[3] Their native range covers the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean regions from Romania to Kazakhstan.[2][4][5]

Zingeria was named in honour of Vasily Jakovlevich Zinger[6] (1836–1907), Russian mathematician, botanist and philosopher.

Species[2][7]
  1. Zingeria biebersteiniana (Claus) P.A.Smirn. - Crimea, southern European Russia, northern and southern Caucasus, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan[8]
  2. Zingeria kochii (Mez) Tzvelev - southern Caucasus
  3. Zingeria pisidica (Boiss.) Tutin - Romania, Turkey, southern Caucasus
  4. Zingeria trichopoda (Boiss.) P.A.Smirn. - southern Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, possibly Saudi Arabia
  5. Zingeria verticillata (Boiss. & Bal.) Chrtek - Turkey

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Zingeria P.A. Smirn.
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Smirnov, Pavel Aleksandrovich. 1946. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii 51(2): 67
  4. ↑ Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi. Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul
  5. ↑ Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  6. ↑ L. Watson, M. J. Dallwitz. "Zingeria". Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  7. ↑ The Plant List search for Zingeria
  8. ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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