Biology:Acrospelion

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Short description: Genus of Poaceae plants

Acrospelion
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Aveninae
Genus: Acrospelion
Besser (1827)[1]

Acrospelion is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae,[2] native to central Europe and the Balkans.

Species

Two species are accepted:[3]

  • Acrospelion distichophyllum (Vill.) Barberá – France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania
  • Acrospelion glaciale (Bory) Barberá, Soreng & Quintanar – Spain

Taxonomy

It was first described by Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser in 1827.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q87255075 entry