Echinaria

Echinaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Sesleriinae
Genus: Echinaria
Desf. [1799], nom. cons., non Fabric. 1759 (syn. of Cenchrus)
Species:
E. capitata
Binomial name
Echinaria capitata
Synonyms
  • Panicastrella Moench
  • Reimbolea Debeaux
  • Cenchrus capitatus L.
  • Panicastrella capitata (L.) Moench
  • Echinaria pumila Willk.
  • Echinaria capitata var. pumila (Willk.) Willk.
  • Echinaria capitata var. todaroana Ces.
  • Echinaria spicata Debeaux
  • Reimbolea spicata Debeaux
  • Echinaria todaroana (Ces.) Cif. & Giacom.

Echinaria is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Echinaria capitata, native to the Mediterranean Region as well as the Southwest and Central Asia (from Portugal and Morocco to Kazakhstan).

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