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 Edit this 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]

Formerly included[5]

see Triplachne

References

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  1. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph . 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 21, 164. in Latin
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Gastridium, nit grass
  4. ^ "Gastridium P.Beauv. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  5. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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