Desmazeria is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, related to Catapodium.[2][3]
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| Desmazeria sicula | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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. |
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| Desmazeria sicula | |
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The genus is named for John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières, (1796-1862) a French merchant, amateur botanist, and editor of scientific journals.[4]
- Desmazeria lorentii H.Scholz - Tunisia, Libya
- Desmazeria philistaea (Boiss.) H.Scholz - Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
- Desmazeria pignattii Brullo & Pavone - Sicily
- Desmazeria sicula (Jacq.) Dumort. - Sicily, Sardinia, Calabria, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia
- formerly included[1]
see Castellia Catapodium Cutandia Halopyrum Sclerochloa Tribolium Wangenheimia
- Desmazeria acutiflora - Tribolium acutiflorum
- Desmazeria alternans - Tribolium alternans
- Desmazeria balearica - Catapodium marinum
- Desmazeria capensis - Tribolium uniolae
- Desmazeria castellana - Wangenheimia lima
- Desmazeria composita - Tribolium obtusifolium
- Desmazeria compressa - Sclerochloa woronowii
- Desmazeria loliacea - Catapodium marinum
- Desmazeria marina - Catapodium marinum
- Desmazeria marina subsp. pauciflora - Wangenheimia lima
- Desmazeria oblitera - Tribolium obliterum
- Desmazeria pauciflora - Wangenheimia lima
- Desmazeria rigescens - Cutandia rigescens
- Desmazeria rigida - Catapodium rigidum
- Desmazeria triticea - Catapodium marinum
- Desmazeria tuberculosa (Moris) Bonnier 1896 not Trab. 1884 - Castellia tuberculosa
- Desmazeria uniolae - Tribolium uniolae
- Desmazeria unioloides - Halopyrum mucronatum
- Desmazeria woronowii - Sclerochloa woronowii
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Dumortier, Barthélemy Charles Joseph. 1822. Commentationes Botanicae 26
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ The Names of Plants, D. Gledhill, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Rep. 1996. ISBN 0521366755.p.93
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Desmazeria
- ^ The Plant List, search for Desmazeria