Wangenheimia

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Wangenheimia
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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: Loliinae
Genus: Wangenheimia
Moench
Species:
W. lima
Binomial name
Wangenheimia lima
Synonyms [1]
  • Catapodium pauciflorum(Merino) Brullo, Giusso, Miniss. & Spamp.
  • Cynosurus limaL.
  • Dactylis lima(L.) Steud.
  • Dactylis distichaBall
  • Desmazeria castellanaWillk.
  • Desmazeria paucifloraMerino
  • Desmazeria marina subsp. pauciflora(Merino) Silva Pando
  • Dinebra lima(L.) P.Beauv.
  • Eleusine lima(L.) Lam.
  • Festuca rhachianthaSteud.
  • Poa lima(L.) Trin.
  • Wangenheimia distichaMoench
  • Wangenheimia lima var. glabraMaire
  • Wangenheimia lima var. villosulaMaire

Wangenheimia is a monotypic genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Wangenheimia lima. [2] [3]

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Description

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]

Taxonomy

Illustration of Cynosurus lima (synonym of Wangenheimia lima), in Flora Atlantica, 1800 Flora Atlantica, sive, Historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro Tunetano et Algeriensi crescunt (Plate 19) (7455940316).jpg
Illustration of Cynosurus lima (synonym of Wangenheimia lima), in Flora Atlantica, 1800

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]

Distribution

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]

Cultivation

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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References

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