Halopyrum is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.[2][3] The only known species is Halopyrum mucronatum, native to the Indian Subcontinent, Iran, the Arabian Peninsula, Socotra, Madagascar, and eastern + northeastern Africa (from Egypt to Mozambique).[1][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

Halopyrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Tripogoninae
Genus: Halopyrum
Stapf
Species:
H. mucronatum
Binomial name
Halopyrum mucronatum
Synonyms[1]
  • Uniola mucronata L.
  • Briza mucronata (L.) Lam.
  • Eragrostis mucronata (L.) Deflers
  • Brachypodium unioloides (C.Presl) Link
  • Festuca unioloides (C.Presl) Kunth
  • Poa triticoides Decne.
  • Desmazeria unioloides (C.Presl) Deflers

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Stapf, Otto. 1896. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 25: plate 2448 full-page line drawing of Halopyrum mucronatum plus 2 subsequent text pages; descriptions in Latin, commentary and figure captions in English
  3. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ^ Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
  5. ^ Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  6. ^ Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449. Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  7. ^ Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  8. ^ Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
  9. ^ Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  10. ^ Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  11. ^ Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  12. ^ Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  13. ^ Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  14. ^ Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E. [United Arab Emirates]: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  15. ^ Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
  16. ^ Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  17. ^ Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  18. ^ Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève