Lamarckia

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Lamarckia
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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: Dactylidinae
Genus: Lamarckia
Moench, conserved spelling, [1] not Vahl 1810 (Solanaceae)
Species:
L. aurea
Binomial name
Lamarckia aurea
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Lamarkia Moench. alternate spelling
  • TinaeaGarzia
  • AchyrodesLudw.
  • ChrysurusPers.
  • PteriumDesv.
  • Cynosurus aureusL.
  • Chrysurus cynosuroidesPers.
  • Chrysurus aureus(L.) Besser
  • Achyrodes aureum(L.) Kuntze
  • Pterium elegansDesv.
  • Tinaea elegansGarzia ex Parl.
  • Lamarckia hookerianaGriff.

Lamarckia is a genus of plants in the grass family native to the Old World Dry Belt, on the Mediterranean Region, the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa and South Asia. It has a single species, Lamarckia aurea, known colloquially as the golden dog's-tail [3] or goldentop grass [4]

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Description

It is an annual plant, typically 30-45 centimetres in height, with clusters of golden flowers in a panicle 5–8 cm long and 2–2.5 cm broad. [5]

Distribution

The species is native to the Mediterranean Basin and neighboring regions from Portugal to the Canary Islands east to Ethiopia and northern India. It is also naturalized in parts of Australia and the Americas, considered an invasive weed in some areas. [6]

Formerly included

Source: [2]

see Aegopogon

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Lamarckia Moench
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. ↑ NRCS. "Lamarckia aurea". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Moench, Conrad. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis : a staminum situ describendi 201 in Latin
  6. ↑ "Lamarckia aurea (L.) Moench | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 20 July 2025.


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