Gastridium is a genus of plants in the grass family. Species of the genus are found in Africa and Eurasia.[1][2] These grasses are sometimes called nit grass.[3]
| Gastridium | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Gastridium phleoides | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Agrostidinae |
| Genus: | Gastridium P.Beauv. |
| Type species | |
| Gastridium australe (syn. of G. ventricosum) | |
- Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Gastridium:[4]
- Gastridium lainzii (Romero García) Romero Zarco - south-western Spain
- Gastridium phleoides (Nees & Meyen) C.E.Hubb. - Africa, southern Europe, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula
- Gastridium scabrum C.Presl - Mediterranean region
- Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell - Mediterranean and nearby regions from Great Britain to Cape Verde to Caucasus
- Formerly included[5]
see Triplachne
- Gastridium littorale - Triplachne nitens
- Gastridium nitens - Triplachne nitens
- Gastridium triaristatum - Triplachne nitens
References
edit- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph . 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 21, 164. in Latin
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph . 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate VI (6), figure VI (6 a-e) at upper right line drawings of Gastridium australe (syn of G. ventricosum ); figure captions on caption page 6
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Gastridium, nit grass
- ^ "Gastridium P.Beauv. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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