Biology:Castellia

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Castellia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Loliinae
Genus: Castellia
Tineo
Species:
C. tuberculosa
Binomial name
Castellia tuberculosa
(Moris) Bor
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Catapodium sect. Castellia (Tineo) Batt. & Trab.
  • Catapodium subg. Castellia (Tineo) Trab.
  • Desmazeria sect. Castellia (Tineo) Bonnet & Barratte
  • Festuca sect. Castellia (Tineo) F. Herm.
  • Catapodium tuberculosum Moris
  • Castellia tuberculata Tineo
  • Festuca tuberculosa (Moris) Coss. & Durieu
  • Desmazeria tuberculosa (Moris) Batt. & Trab. 1884
  • Nardurus tuberculosus (Moris) Hayek
  • Micropyrum tuberculosum (Moris) Pilg.
  • Festuca muricata Durieu ex Parl.
  • Lolium elegans Steud.

Castellia is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family.[3][4] The only known species is Castellia tuberculosa, native to southern Europe (Spain , Sardinia, Greece), northern and northeastern Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan), and southwestern Asia (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Persian Gulf Sheikdoms, Iran, Pakistan , Punjab State of India ).[1][5][6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Castellia Tineo
  3. ↑ Tineo, Vincenzo. 1846. Plantarum Rariorum Siciliae minus cognitarum pugillus primus 2: 17
  4. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ↑ Bor, N. L. 1960. Grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford
  6. ↑ Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420
  7. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Logliarello tubercoloso, Castellia tuberculosa (Moris) Bor

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