Echinaria capitata

Echinaria capitata

Echinaria capitata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Sesleriinae
Genus: Echinaria
Species: Echinaria capitata

Name

Echinaria capitata (L.) Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 385 (1799).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cenchrus capitatus L., Sp. Pl.: 1049 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Panicastrella capitata (L.) Moench, Methodus: 206 (1794).
• Heterotypic
  • Echinaria pumila Willk., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 6: 415 (1848).
  • Echinaria capitata var. pumila (Willk.) Willk. in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 42 (1861)
  • Echinaria spicata Debeaux, Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 8: 266 (1890).
  • Reimbolea spicata (L.) Debeaux, Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 8: 266 (1890) pro syn.
  • Echinaria capitata var. todaroana Ces. in V.de Cesati, G.Passerini & E.G.Gibelli, Comp. Fl. Italiana 1: 41 (1868)
  • Echinaria capitata subsp. todaroana (Ces., Pass. & Gibelli) Arcang. in Comp. Fl. Ital.: 760 (1882)
  • Echinaria todaroana (Ces.) Cif. & Giacom., Nomenclator Fl. Ital. 1: 46 (1950).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Hungary. Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Krym. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Desfontaines, R.L. 1798–1799. Flora Atlantica: sive historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro tunetano et algeriensi crescunt. Tomus secundus. 458 pp., pl. 121–261, Paris, Panckoucke. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Echinaria capitata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Oct. 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Echinaria capitata. Published online. Accessed: 7 Feb 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Echinaria capitata. Accessed: 7 Feb 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Echinaria capitata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 7. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Echinaria capitata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Feb 2022.

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