| Wangenheimia | |
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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: | Loliinae |
| Genus: | Wangenheimia Moench |
| Species: | W. lima |
| Binomial name | |
| Wangenheimia lima | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Wangenheimia is a monotypic genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Wangenheimia lima. [2] [3]
An annual ornamental grass, which bears unusual, feather-like or herringbone-shaped seedheads on long, wiry stems, all summer long. [4] It can grow up to 60 cm (24 in) tall, with long green leaves that have shades of silver when young. [5]
The genus is named after the Prussian botanist Friedrich Adam Julius von Wangenheim (1749–1800). [2] [6] The Latin specific epithet of lima refers to the Latin noun of file, often referring to a rough surface. [7] Wangenheimia was first described and published in Methodus on page 200 in 1794. [1] The species was first published in Fund. Agrost. on page 132 in 1820. [8]
The genus is not recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, listing it as a synonym of Festuca L. and they do not list any known species. [9]
It is native to Spain and Portugal (in Europe) and Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia (in North Africa). [1] [10] [11]
It is found in grasslands, [12] at altitudes of 500 metres (1,600 ft) above sea level. [13]
It has been cultivated under the name Wangenheimia 'Lima Vulcan', [5] Wangenheimia lima 'Vulcan', [14] or Wangenheimia lima ‘Vulcan’ and “Vulcan Grass”. [15]
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Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie was a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar.
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