Gastridium

Gastridium phleoides

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: Agrostidinae
Genus: Gastridium
Species: G. lainzii – G. phleoides – G. scabrum – G. ventricosum

Name

Gastridium P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 21 (1812)

• Type species: Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell., Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 58: 39 (1913)

Homonyms

• Gastridium Lyngbye, 1819, nom. illeg. (Champiaceae, Rhodophyta)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia & Africa Albania, Algeria, Angola, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Socotra, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Czechoslovakia, Desventurados Is., Easter Is., Hawaii, Juan Fernández Is., Maine, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Mississippi, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Oregon, Peru, South Australia, Tasmania, Texas, Victoria, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page. : 21, 164.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gastridium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec. 7. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2013. Gastridium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Dec. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Gastridium. Published online. Accessed: 7 Dec. 2013.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Gastridium.

Vernacular names

مصرى:  بطنيه
العربية:  بطنية
čeština:  bérovník
English: nit grass
فارسی:  علف رشکی
suomi:  Nyyläheinät
עברית:  כרסתן
svenska:  Gnetgrässläktet

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