Cutandia memphitica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Parapholiinae
Genus: Cutandia
Species: Cutandia memphitica

Cutandia memphitica (Spreng.) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 77 (1889)

Homotypic
- Cutandia dichotoma var. memphitica (Spreng.) Maire & Weiller in Fl. Afrique N. 3: 38 (1955)
- Cutandia scleropoides Willk. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 18: 130 (1860), nom. superfl.
- Dactylis memphitica Spreng. in Bot. Gart. Halle, Nachtr. 1: 20 (1801)
- Festuca divaricata var. memphitica (Spreng.) Coss. & Durieu in M.C.Durieu de Maisonneuve, Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 184 (1855)
- Festuca memphitica (Spreng.) Boiss. ex Coss. in Notes Pl. Crit.: 183 (1852)
- Sclerochloa memphitica (Spreng.) Nyman in Syll. Fl. Eur., Suppl.: 74 (1865)
- Scleropoa memphitica (Spreng.) Parl. in Fl. Ital. 1: 470 (1850)
Heterotypic
- Dinebra divaricata P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 712 (1817)
- Festuca caspica (K.Koch) Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 303 (1854)
- Scleropoa caspica K.Koch in Linnaea 21: 409 (1848)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regionalː Central Asia
  - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
- Regionalː Southwestern Asia Asia
  - Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Türkiye
- Regionalː Peninsular Arabia
  - Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia
- Regionalː Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus
Continental: Africa
- Regionalː Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
- Regionalː Macaronesia
  - Canary Is., Cape Verde
- Regionalː Western Africa
  - Western Sahara
Continental: Europe
- Regionalː Southwestern Europe
  - Spain
- Introduced into:
  - California
- Doubtfully present in:
  - Mauritania

Richter, K. (Gürke, M., emend. & ed.) 1897–1903. Plantae Europaeae. Enumeratio systematica et synonymica plantarum phaenerogamicarum in Europa sponte crescentium vel mere inquilinarum. Tomus 2. 480 pp. Leipzig: W. Engelmann. BHL Reference page. 1:77.

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page.
Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2010. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 1: Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Monocotyledoneae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0120-9, 455 pp. PDF Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cutandia memphitica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 December 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Cutandia memphitica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 December 2025. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Cutandia memphitica. Published online. Accessed: December 18 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cutandia memphitica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page.