Ammochloa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Festuceae
Subtribus: Ammochloinae
Genus: Ammochloa
Species: A. involucrata – A. palaestina – A. pungens
Name

Ammochloa Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 51 (1855)
Type species: not designated.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Cephalochloa Coss. & Durieu, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., IV, 1: 229 (1854).
Dictyochloa (Murb.) E.G.Camus, Compt. Rend. Intern. Congr. Bot. 1900: 344 (1900).

References

Boissier, P.E. (1854) Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 13: 51–52.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Ammochloa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Ammochloa. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27.
Tropicos.org 2013. Ammochloa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Ammochloa. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ammochloa. .

Vernacular names
suomi: Hiekkaheinät

Ammochloa is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, Poaceae.[2][3][4]

Species[1][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Ammochloa involucrata Murb. - Morocco
Ammochloa palaestina Boiss. - Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Palestine,[13] Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Caucasus, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait
Ammochloa pungens (Schreb.) Boiss. - Morocco, Algeria, Canary Islands

See also

List of Poaceae genera

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1854. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 13: 51–52
Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
The Plant List search for Ammochloa
Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève
Bor, N.L. (1968). Flora of Iraq 9: 1-588. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien
Al-Rawi, A. (1987). Flora of Kuwait 2: 1-455. Alden Press Ltd., U.K..
Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae
"Ammochloa palaestina Boiss".