Cutandia

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: Parapholiinae
Genus: Cutandia
Species: C. dichotoma – C. divaricata – C. maritima – C. memphitica – C. rigescens – C. stenostachya
Name

Cutandia Willk., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 18: 130 (1860)
Type species: Cutandia memphitica (Spreng.) Benth., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 118 (1881)

References

Willkomm, H.M. (1860) Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 18: 130.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Cutandia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Cutandia. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
Tropicos.org 2013. Cutandia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Cutandia. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2013.

Cutandia is a genus of Asian and Mediterranean plants in the grass family.[3][2] It is native to lands extending from Portugal and Cape Verde to Pakistan and Kazakhstan.[1][4]

Species[1][5]

Cutandia dichotoma (Forssk.) Trab. - Asia + Africa from Algeria to Iran
Cutandia divaricata (Desf.) Benth. - Canary Islands, Spain, Italy (incl Sicily + Sardinia), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
Cutandia maritima (L.) Benth. - Mediterranean, Canary Islands
Cutandia memphitica (Spreng.) Benth. - Spain, North Africa, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Middle East, Caucasus, Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia
Cutandia rigescens (Grossh.) Tzvelev - Caucasus, iran, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Cutandia stenostachya (Boiss.) Stace - Greece + Turkey including Aegean Islands

formerly included[1]

see Desmazeria Vulpiella

Cutandia incrassata - Vulpiella stipoides
Cutandia philistaea - Desmazeria philistaea
Cutandia rohlfsiana - Desmazeria philistaea

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Tropicos, Cutandia Willk.
Willkomm, Heinrich Moritz. 1860. Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 18: 130 in Latin
Altervista Flora Italiana genere Cutandia
The Plant List search for Cutandia