Castellia

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: Loliinae
Genus: Castellia
Species: C. tuberculosa
Name

Castellia Tineo, Pl. Rar. Sicil.: 17 (1846)
monotypic taxon

References

Tineo, V. (1846) Pl. Rar. Sicil.: 17.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Castellia 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, Castellia. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27.
Tropicos.org 2013. Castellia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Castellia. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013.

Castellia is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family.[3][4] The only known species is Castellia tuberculosa, native to southern Europe (Spain, Sardinia, Greece), northern and northeastern Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan), and southwestern Asia (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Persian Gulf Sheikdoms, Iran, Pakistan, Punjab State of India).[1][5][6][7]
See also

List of Poaceae genera

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Tropicos, Castellia Tineo
Tineo, Vincenzo. 1846. Plantarum Rariorum Siciliae minus cognitarum pugillus primus 2: 17
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Bor, N. L. 1960. Grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford
Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420
Altervista Flora Italiana, Logliarello tubercoloso, Castellia tuberculosa (Moris) Bor