Zingeria

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Zingeria
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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: Coleanthinae
Genus: Zingeria
P.A.Smirn.
Type species
Zingeria biebersteiniana
(Claus) P.A.Smirn. [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • ZingeriopsisProb.

Zingeria is a genus of Asian and European plants in the grass family. [3] Their native range covers the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean regions from Romania to Kazakhstan. [2] [4] [5]

Zingeria was named in honour of Vasily Jakovlevich Zinger [6] (1836–1907), Russian mathematician, botanist and philosopher.

Species [2] [7]

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References

  1. Tropicos, Zingeria P.A. Smirn.
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Smirnov, Pavel Aleksandrovich. 1946. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii 51(2): 67
  4. Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi. Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul
  5. Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  6. L. Watson, M. J. Dallwitz. "Zingeria". Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  7. The Plant List search for Zingeria
  8. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species