Rhizocephalus

Rhizocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Supertribe:	Poodae
Tribe:	Poeae
Subtribe:	Beckmanniinae
Genus:	Rhizocephalus Boiss.
Species:	R. orientalis
Binomial name
Rhizocephalus orientalis Boiss.
Synonyms [1]
Heleochloa orientalis(Boiss.) Dinsm. Crypsis pygmaeaJaub. & Spach Heleochloa pygmaea(Jaub. & Spach) B.D.Jacks. Heleochloa turkestanicaLitv. Rhizocephalus turkestanicus(Litv.) Roshev.

Rhizocephalus is a genus of plants in the grass family, Poaceae. ^{[2] [3] [4]} The only known species is Rhizocephalus orientalis, native to Afghanistan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Asiatic Turkey, and Uzbekistan. ^{[1] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1844. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 1(5): 68
3. Tropicos, Rhizocephalus Boiss.
4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
5. Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul
6. Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
7. Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae
8. "The Euro+Med Plantbase Project". ww2.bgbm.org. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum of Berlin. Retrieved 2017-01-05.