Ammochloa

Ammochloa pungens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Ammochloinae
Genus: Ammochloa
Species: A. involucrata – A. palaestina – A. pungens

Name

• Ammochloa Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 51 (1855)
• Type species: not designated.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cephalochloa Coss. & Durieu, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., IV, 1: 229 (1854).
  • Dictyochloa (Murb.) E.G.Camus, Compt. Rend. Intern. Congr. Bot. 1900: 344 (1900).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia Regional: Macaronesia Canary Is. Continental: Asia-Template Regional: Central Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Turkey Regional: Peninsular Arabia Kuwait Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Spain References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Boissier, P.E. 1853 publ. 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum. ser. 1 no. 13. 114 pp., Neocomi [Como]: H. Wolfrath. MDZ Biblioteca DigitalReference page. : ser. 1, 13: 51–52.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Ammochloa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Ammochloa. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Ammochloa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Ammochloa. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ammochloa. .

Vernacular names

العربية: شن گندمی
suomi:  Hiekkaheinät
עברית: בת-חול 

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