Wangenheimia

Wangenheimia is a genus of plants in the grass family.[2][3] The genus is named for Prussian botanist Friedrich Adam Julius von Wangenheim (1749–1800).[2] The only known species is Wangenheimia lima, native to Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.[1][4][5]

Wangenheimia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Genus:
Wangenheimia

Species:
W. lima
Binomial name
Wangenheimia lima
Synonyms[1]
  • Cynosurus lima L.
  • Eleusine lima (L.) Lam.
  • Wangenheimia disticha Moench
  • Dinebra lima (L.) P.Beauv.
  • Poa lima (L.) Trin.
  • Dactylis lima (L.) Steud.
  • Festuca rhachiantha Steud.
  • Desmazeria castellana Willk.
  • Desmazeria pauciflora Merino
  • Wangenheimia lima var. villosula Maire
  • Desmazeria marina subsp. pauciflora (Merino) Silva Pando
  • Catapodium pauciflorum (Merino) Brullo, Giusso, Miniss. & Spamp.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Moench, Conrad. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis : a staminum situ describendi 200 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Wangenheimia Moench
  4. Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press
  5. Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.