Echinaria (Poaceae)

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: E. capitata

Name

Echinaria Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 385 (1799), nom. cons.

• monotypic taxon
• Type species: Echinaria capitata (L.) Desf.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Panicastrella Moench, Methodus: 205 (1794), nom. rej.
  • Reimbolea Debeaux, Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 8: 266 (1890).

Homonyms

• Echinaria Heist. ex Fabr., Enum.: 206 (1759), nom. rej. (= synonym of Cenchrus L., Poaceae)

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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Echinaria 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. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Echinaria (Poaceae). Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Echinaria. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2013.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Echinaria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2013.

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