| Echinaria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Sesleriinae |
| Genus: | Echinaria Desf. [1799], nom. cons., non Fabric. 1759 (syn. of Cenchrus ) |
| Species: | E. capitata |
| Binomial name | |
| Echinaria capitata | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Echinaria is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. [2] [3] [4] The only known species is Echinaria capitata, native to the Mediterranean Region as well as the Southwest and Central Asia (from Portugal and Morocco to Kazakhstan). [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]