Cutandia memphitica

Cutandia memphitica
Cutandia memphitica

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Parapholiinae
Genus: Cutandia
Species: Cutandia memphitica

Name

Cutandia memphitica (Spreng.) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 77 (1889)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Cutandia dichotoma var. memphitica (Spreng.) Maire & Weiller in Fl. Afrique N. 3: 38 (1955)
    • Cutandia scleropoides Willk. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 18: 130 (1860), nom. superfl.
    • Dactylis memphitica Spreng. in Bot. Gart. Halle, Nachtr. 1: 20 (1801)
    • Festuca divaricata var. memphitica (Spreng.) Coss. & Durieu in M.C.Durieu de Maisonneuve, Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 184 (1855)
    • Festuca memphitica (Spreng.) Boiss. ex Coss. in Notes Pl. Crit.: 183 (1852)
    • Sclerochloa memphitica (Spreng.) Nyman in Syll. Fl. Eur., Suppl.: 74 (1865)
    • Scleropoa memphitica (Spreng.) Parl. in Fl. Ital. 1: 470 (1850)
  • Heterotypic
    • Dinebra divaricata P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 712 (1817)
    • Festuca caspica (K.Koch) Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 303 (1854)
    • Scleropoa caspica K.Koch in Linnaea 21: 409 (1848)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-temperate
    • Regionalː Central Asia
      • Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
    • Regionalː Southwestern Asia Asia
      • Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye
    • Regionalː Peninsular Arabia
      • Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia
    • Regionalː Caucasus
      • North Caucasus, Transcaucasus
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regionalː Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
    • Regionalː Macaronesia
      • Canary Is., Cape Verde
    • Regionalː Western Africa
      • Western Sahara
  • Continental: Europe
    • Regionalː Southwestern Europe
      • Spain
    • Introduced into:
      • California
    • Doubtfully present in:
      • Mauritania

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Richter, K. (Gürke, M., emend. & ed.) 1897–1903. Plantae Europaeae. Enumeratio systematica et synonymica plantarum phaenerogamicarum in Europa sponte crescentium vel mere inquilinarum. Tomus 2. 480 pp. Leipzig: W. Engelmann. BHL Reference page.  1:77.

Additional references

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2010. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 1: Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Monocotyledoneae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0120-9, 455 pp. PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • English: memphisgrass
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