Desmazeria

Desmazeria
Desmazeria sicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Desmazeria
Dumort.
Type species
Desmazeria sicula
(Jacq.) Dumort.
Synonyms[1]

Desmazeria is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, related to Catapodium.[2][3]

The genus is named for John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières, (1796-1862) a French merchant, amateur botanist, and editor of scientific journals.[4]

Species[1][5][6]
  1. Desmazeria lorentii H.Scholz - Tunisia, Libya
  2. Desmazeria philistaea (Boiss.) H.Scholz - Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
  3. Desmazeria pignattii Brullo & Pavone - Sicily
  4. Desmazeria sicula (Jacq.) Dumort. - Sicily, Sardinia, Calabria, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia
formerly included[1]

see Castellia Catapodium Cutandia Halopyrum Sclerochloa Tribolium Wangenheimia

  • Desmazeria acutiflora - Tribolium acutiflorum
  • Desmazeria alternans - Tribolium alternans
  • Desmazeria balearica - Catapodium marinum
  • Desmazeria capensis - Tribolium uniolae
  • Desmazeria castellana - Wangenheimia lima
  • Desmazeria composita - Tribolium obtusifolium
  • Desmazeria compressa - Sclerochloa woronowii
  • Desmazeria loliacea - Catapodium marinum
  • Desmazeria marina - Catapodium marinum
  • Desmazeria marina subsp. pauciflora - Wangenheimia lima
  • Desmazeria oblitera - Tribolium obliterum
  • Desmazeria pauciflora - Wangenheimia lima
  • Desmazeria rigescens - Cutandia rigescens
  • Desmazeria rigida - Catapodium rigidum
  • Desmazeria triticea - Catapodium marinum
  • Desmazeria tuberculosa (Moris) Bonnier 1896 not Trab. 1884 - Castellia tuberculosa
  • Desmazeria uniolae - Tribolium uniolae
  • Desmazeria unioloides - Halopyrum mucronatum
  • Desmazeria woronowii - Sclerochloa woronowii

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Dumortier, Barthélemy Charles Joseph. 1822. Commentationes Botanicae 26
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ↑ The Names of Plants, D. Gledhill, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Rep. 1996. ISBN 0521366755.p.93
  5. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Desmazeria
  6. ↑ The Plant List, search for Desmazeria


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