Catapodium Marinum
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''Catapodium'' is a
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North Africa North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region. However, it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of t ...
n plants in the
grass family Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...
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Species list

The genus comprises the following species:The Plant List search for ''Catapodium''
/ref> * '' Catapodium demnatense'' (Murb.) Maire & Weiller -
Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
* '' Catapodium mamoraeum'' (Maire) Maire & Weiller -
Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
* '' Catapodium marinum'' (L.) C.E.Hubb. - Eurasia + North Africa from Ireland +
Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...
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Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
* '' Catapodium rigidum'' (L.) C.E.Hubb. - Eurasia + North Africa from
Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
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Taxa formerly included

See ''
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'' ( ...
Agropyropsis ''Agropyropsis'' is a monotypic genus of Poaceae, 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. B ...
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 Africa is the world's s ...
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 f ...
Cutandia ''Cutandia'' is a genus of Asian and Mediterranean plant in the grass family. It grows from Portugal and Cape Verde to Pakistan and Kazakhstan. ; Species * '' Cutandia dichotoma'' (Forssk.) Trab. - Asia + Africa from Algeria to Iran * '' Cutand ...
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 journals. ...
Eragrostiella
Festuca ''Festuca'' (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on ...
Micropyrum
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: Formerly ...
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 Poaceae, also known as the true grasses, is the fourth largest plant family in the world 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 b ...


References


External links


Grassbase, World Online Grass Flora: ''Catapodium''
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