Heteranthelium is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5] The only known species is Heteranthelium piliferum, native to Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Middle East, Turkey, and the Caucasus.[1]

Heteranthelium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Triticodae
Tribe: Triticeae
Genus: Heteranthelium
Hochst. ex Jaub. & Spach
Species:
H. piliferum
Binomial name
Heteranthelium piliferum
(Sol.) Hochst. ex Jaub. & Spach
Synonyms[1]
  • Elymus pilifer Sol.
  • Agropyron piliferum (Sol.) Benth. ex Aitch.
  • Triticum olgae Regel
  • Eremopyrum olgae (Regel) P.Candargy
  • Heteranthelium aleppicum Gand.
  • Heteranthelium assyriacum Gand.
  • Heteranthelium hermoneum Gand.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1843. Illustrationes Plantarum Orientalium 4:24
  3. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ^ Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi. Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul.
  5. ^ Frederiksen, S. 1993. Taxonomic studies in some annual genera of the Triticeae (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 13: 481–493.