genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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Eurasian
Eurasia (, ) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Japanese archipelago a ...
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North Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in t ...
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grass family
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
Catapodium demnatense
''Catapodium'' is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.
Species list
The genus comprises the following species:
* '' Catapodium demnatense'' (Murb.) Maire & Weiller - Morocco
* ''Catapodium mamoraeum'' (Maire) Maire ...
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Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria ...
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Catapodium mamoraeum
''Catapodium'' is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.
Species list
The genus comprises the following species:
* '' Catapodium demnatense'' (Murb.) Maire & Weiller - Morocco
* '' Catapodium mamoraeum'' (Maire) Mair ...
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Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria ...
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Catapodium marinum
''Catapodium marinum'', the sea fern grass, is a species of annual herb in the family Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the ...
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Charles Edward Hubbard (23 May 19008 May 1980) was a British botanist, specialising in agrostology – the study of grasses. He was considered "the world authority on the classification and recognition of grasses" in his time.
He is indicated by ...
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Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Mo ...
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Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
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Catapodium rigidum
''Catapodium rigidum'', ferngrass, is a species of annual grass in the family Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal ...
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Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
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Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Mo ...
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Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a p ...
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
Aeluropus
''Aeluropus'' is a genus of Eurasian and African plants in the grass family, found primarily in desert regions.
; Species
* ''Aeluropus badghyzii'' Tzvelev - Turkmenistan
* ''Aeluropus laciniatus'' Khodash. - Iran
* ''Aeluropus lagopoides'' (L.) ...
Agropyropsis
''Agropyropsis'' is a monotypic genus of grasses closely related to ''Catapodium''. It is native to the Batna Province in northeastern Algeria, and only contains a single species, ''Agropyropsis lolium''.Camus, Aimée Antoinette 1935. Bulletin d ...
Castellia
''Castellia'' is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Castellia tuberculosa'', native to southern Europe (Spain, Sardinia, Greece), northern and northeastern Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tuni ...
Catabrosa
''Catabrosa'' is a small but widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to temperate areas of Eurasia, the Americas, and a few places in Africa.
''Catabrosa aquatica'' is in flower in Europe from June to August, and the seeds ripen ...
Cutandia
''Cutandia'' is a genus of Asian and Mediterranean plants in the grass family. It is native to lands extending from Portugal and Cape Verde to Pakistan and Kazakhstan.
; Species
* ''Cutandia dichotoma'' (Forssk.) Trab. - Asia + Africa from Alger ...
Desmazeria
''Desmazeria'' is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, related to '' Catapodium''.
The genus is named for John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières, (1796-1862) a French merchant, amateur botanist, and editor of scientific journal ...
Eragrostiella
''Eragrostiella'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.
; Species
* '' Eragrostiella bifaria'' (Vahl) Bor - Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Indian Subcontinent, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Queensland
* '' E ...
Micropyrum
''Micropyrum'' is a genus of European and North African plants in the grass family.
; Species
* ''Micropyrum patens'' (Brot.) Rothm. ex Pilg. - Spain, Portugal
* ''Micropyrum tenellum'' (L.) Link - Spain, Portugal including Madeira, France inclu ...
Narduroides
''Narduroides'' is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Narduroides salzmannii'', native to Spain, France, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Cyprus, and Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Re ...
Tripogon
''Tripogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. They are widespread across Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Fiveminute grass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Species
Species include:
Former ...
Vulpia
''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions.
''Vulpia'' is a part of a group o ...
Wangenheimia
''Wangenheimia '' is a monotypic genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Wangenheimia lima'',
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See also
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List of Poaceae genera
The true grasses ( Poaceae) are one of the largest plant families, with around 12,000 species and roughly 800 genera. They contain, among others, the cereal crop species and other plants of economic importance, such as the bamboos, and several i ...