Desmazeria

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Desmazeria
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Desmazeria sicula
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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: Desmazeria
Dumort.
Type species
Desmazeria sicula
Synonyms [1]
  • DemazeriaDumort., alternate spelling
  • BrizopyrumLink

Desmazeria is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, related to Catapodium . [2] [3]

The genus is named for John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières, (1796-1862) a French merchant, amateur botanist, and editor of scientific journals. [4]

Species [1] [5] [6]
formerly included [1]

see Castellia Catapodium Cutandia Halopyrum Sclerochloa Tribolium Wangenheimia

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Dumortier, Barthélemy Charles Joseph. 1822. Commentationes Botanicae 26
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ↑ The Names of Plants, D. Gledhill, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Rep. 1996. ISBN   0521366755.p.93
  5. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Desmazeria
  6. ↑ The Plant List, search for Desmazeria


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