Sphenopus

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: Sphenopus
Species: S. divaricatus – S. ehrenbergii
Name

Sphenopus Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 135 (1820)
Type species: Sphenopus divaricatus (Gouan) Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 45 (1830)

References

Trinius, C.B. von (1820) Fundamenta Agrostographiae 135.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Sphenopus 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, (Poaceae) Sphenopus (Poaceae). Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
Tropicos.org 2013. Sphenopus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 17.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Sphenopus. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2013.

Sphenopus (common name coastal grass),[2] is a genus of Asian and Mediterranean plants in the grass family.[3][4][5]

Species[1][6]

Sphenopus divaricatus (Gouan) Rchb. - Mediterranean and adjacent regions from Canary Islands and Portugal to Tajikistan
Sphenopus ehrenbergii Hausskn. - Libya, Tunisia

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Altervista Flora Italiana, Nebbia delle saline, Coastal Grass, Sphenopus divaricatus (Gouan) Rchb.
Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae page 135
Tropicos, Sphenopus Trin.
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
The Plant List search for Sphenopus