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

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