Desmazeria

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: Desmazeria
Species: D. lorentii – D. philistaea – D. sicula
Name

Desmazeria Dumort., Comment. Bot. 26. (1822)
Type species: Desmazeria sicula (Jacq.) Dumort., Comment. Bot.: 27 (1822)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Brizopyrum Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 159 (1827)

References

Dumortier, B.C.J. (1822) Commentationes Botanicae 26.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Desmazeria in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. 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, Desmazeria. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
Tropicos.org 2013. Desmazeria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Desmazeria. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2013.

Desmazeria is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, related to Catapodium.[2][3]

The genus is named for John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières, (1796-1862) a French merchant, amateur botanist, and editor of scientific journals.[4]

Species[1][5][6]

Desmazeria lorentii H.Scholz - Tunisia, Libya
Desmazeria philistaea (Boiss.) H.Scholz - Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Desmazeria pignattii Brullo & Pavone - Sicily
Desmazeria sicula (Jacq.) Dumort. - Sicily, Sardinia, Calabria, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia

formerly included[1]

see Castellia Catapodium Cutandia Halopyrum Sclerochloa Tribolium Wangenheimia

Desmazeria acutiflora - Tribolium acutiflorum
Desmazeria alternans - Tribolium alternans
Desmazeria balearica - Catapodium marinum
Desmazeria capensis - Tribolium uniolae
Desmazeria castellana - Wangenheimia lima
Desmazeria composita - Tribolium obtusifolium
Desmazeria compressa - Sclerochloa woronowii
Desmazeria loliacea - Catapodium marinum
Desmazeria marina - Catapodium marinum
Desmazeria marina subsp. pauciflora - Wangenheimia lima
Desmazeria oblitera - Tribolium obliterum
Desmazeria pauciflora - Wangenheimia lima
Desmazeria rigescens - Cutandia rigescens
Desmazeria rigida - Catapodium rigidum
Desmazeria triticea - Catapodium marinum
Desmazeria tuberculosa (Moris) Bonnier 1896 not Trab. 1884 - Castellia tuberculosa
Desmazeria uniolae - Tribolium uniolae
Desmazeria unioloides - Halopyrum mucronatum
Desmazeria woronowii - Sclerochloa woronowii

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Dumortier, Barthélemy Charles Joseph. 1822. Commentationes Botanicae 26
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
The Names of Plants, D. Gledhill, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Rep. 1996. ISBN 0521366755.p.93
Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Desmazeria
The Plant List, search for Desmazeria