Biology:Desmazeria

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Desmazeria
Desmazeria sicula (plant).jpg
Desmazeria sicula
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Parapholiinae
Genus: Desmazeria
Dumort.
Type species
Desmazeria sicula
(Jacq.) Dumort.
Synonyms[1]
  • Demazeria Dumort., alternate spelling
  • Brizopyrum Link

Desmazeria is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, related to Catapodium.[2][3]

The genus is named for John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières, (1796-1862) a French merchant, amateur botanist, and editor of scientific journals.[4]

Species[1][5][6]
formerly included[1]

see Castellia Catapodium Cutandia Halopyrum Sclerochloa Tribolium Wangenheimia


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Dumortier, Barthélemy Charles Joseph. 1822. Commentationes Botanicae 26
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. The Names of Plants, D. Gledhill, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Rep. 1996. ISBN:0521366755.p.93
  5. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Desmazeria
  6. The Plant List, search for Desmazeria

Wikidata ☰ Q2499717 entry