Ventenata is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Europe, North Africa, and central + southwest Asia.[3][4] One species, Ventenata dubia, is considered an invasive weed in many places.[5][6][7][8]
| Ventenata | |
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| Ventenata dubia[2] | |
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: | Ventenatinae |
| Genus: | Ventenata Koeler |
| Type species | |
| Ventenata avenacea (syn of V. dubia)[1] Koeler
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Species[1]
- Ventenata blanchei Boiss. - Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Israel
- Ventenata dubia (Leers) Coss. & Durieu - central Europe, Mediterranean, Ukraine, southern European Russia, Caucasus, Turkey, Kazakhstan; naturalized in parts of North America[9]
- Ventenata eigiana (H.Scholz & Raus) Dogan - Turkey
- Ventenata huber-morathii (Dogan) D.Heller - Turkey
- Ventenata macra (Steven) Balansa ex Boiss. - Greece, Crimea, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Caucasus, Cyprus
- Ventenata quercetorum Boiss. & Bal. - Turkey
- Ventenata sorgerae (Dogan) D.Heller - Turkey
- Ventenata subenervis Boiss. & Balansa - Turkey, islands of Eastern Aegean
References
edit- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ image from http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/page.asp?relation=QK495F19H671801V2&identifier=0187 Icones et descriptiones Graminum austriacorum Click to view this book Author: Host, Nikolaus Thomas Publisher: Vindobonae : A. Schmidt, 1801-1809.
- ^ Koeler, Georg Ludwig. 1802. Descriptio Graminum in Gallia et Germania 272
- ^ Tropicos, Ventenata Koeler
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment: V. dubia
- ^ "Grass Manual Treatment: V. dubia". Archived from the original on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana genere Ventenata
- ^ Biota of North America 2013 county distribution map
