Beckmannia eruciformis

Taxonavigation

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

Beckmannia eruciformis (L.) Host, Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 3: 5 (1805)

Homotypic
- Beckmannia erucoides P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr., Atlas: t. 19, f. 6 (1812), nom. superfl.
- Bruchmannia eruciformis (L.) Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 48 (1818)
- Cynosurus eruciformis (L.) Aiton in Hortus Kew. 1: 105 (1789)
- Joachima phalaroides Ten. in Fl. Napol. 1(Prodr.): IX (1811), nom. superfl.
- Paspalum aristatum Moench in Methodus: 178 (1794), nom. superfl.
- Paspalum eruciforme (L.) Spreng. in Bot. Gart. Halle, Nachtr. 1: 31 (1801)
- Phalaris eruciformis L. in Sp. Pl.: 55 (1753)
- Phleum erucoides Raspail in Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 450 (1825), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Beckmannia borealis (Tzvelev) Prob. in Sosud. Rast. Sovet. Dal'nego Vostoka 1: 229 (1985)
- Beckmannia eruciformis subsp. borealis Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 10: 81 (1973)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regionalː Eurasia
  - Albania, Altay, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Magadan, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Romania, South European Russia, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Yakutiya
- Introduced into:
  - Austria, Germany, Poland

Host, N.T. 1805. Icones et Descriptiones Graminum Austriacorum. Vol. III. 66 pp., 100 pl. Matthias Andreas Schmidt, Vindobonae. BHL Reference page. ː 3:5, t. 6.

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