Catapodium is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.[4][1][5]

Catapodium
Catapodium rigidum[2]
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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: Catapodium
Link, 1827
Type species
Catapodium loliaceum
Synonyms[1][3]
  • Catopodium Link, alternate spelling
  • Scleropoa Griseb.
  • Synaphe Dulac
  • Brachypodium sect. Catapodium (Link) Bluff, Nees & Schauer
  • Desmazeria sect. Catapodium (Link) Bonnet & Barratte
  • Festuca sect. Catapodium (Link) Endl.
  • Poa sect. Catapodium (Link) W.D.J. Koch

Species list

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The genus comprises the following species:[3][6]

Taxa formerly included

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See Aeluropus Agropyropsis Castellia Catabrosa Cutandia Desmazeria Eragrostiella Festuca Micropyrum Tripogon Vulpia Wangenheimia:[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Tropicos, Catapodium Link
  2. ^ illustration circa 1901 by Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906
  3. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 44
  5. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Catapodium
  6. ^ The Plant List search for Catapodium
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