Cutandia

Cutandia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Cutandia
Willk.
Type species
Cutandia scleropoides
Willk.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Festuca sect. Cutandia (Willk.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Scleropoa sect. Cutandia (Willk.) Bonnet & Barratte
  • Scleropoa subg. Cutandia (Willk.) Rouy

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]
  1. Cutandia dichotoma (Forssk.) Trab. - Asia + Africa from Algeria to Iran
  2. Cutandia divaricata (Desf.) Benth. - Canary Islands, Spain, Italy (incl Sicily + Sardinia), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
  3. Cutandia maritima (L.) Benth. - Mediterranean, Canary Islands
  4. Cutandia memphitica (Spreng.) Benth. - Spain, North Africa, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Middle East, Caucasus, Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia
  5. Cutandia rigescens (Grossh.) Tzvelev - Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  6. Cutandia stenostachya (Boiss.) Stace - Greece + Turkey including Aegean Islands
formerly included[1]

see Desmazeria Vulpiella

References

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