Catapodium

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Catapodium
Catapodium rigidum.jpg
Catapodium rigidum [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Parapholiinae
Genus: Catapodium
Link, 1827
Type species
Catapodium loliaceum
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • CatopodiumLink, alternate spelling
  • ScleropoaGriseb.
  • SynapheDulac
  • Brachypodium sect. Catapodium(Link) Bluff, Nees & Schauer
  • Desmazeria sect. Catapodium(Link) Bonnet & Barratte
  • Festuca sect. Catapodium(Link) Endl.
  • Poa sect. Catapodium(Link) W.D.J. Koch

Catapodium is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. [4] [2] [5]

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Species [3] [6]
formerly included [3]

see Aeluropus Agropyropsis Castellia Catabrosa Cutandia Desmazeria Eragrostiella Micropyrum Narduroides Tripogon Vulpia Wangenheimia

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References

  1. illustration circa 1901 by Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906
  2. 1 2 3 Tropicos, Catapodium Link
  3. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 44
  5. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Catapodium
  6. The Plant List search for Catapodium