Rhizocephalus is a genus of plants in the grass family, Poaceae.[2][3][4] The only known species is Rhizocephalus orientalis, native to Afghanistan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Asiatic Turkey, and Uzbekistan.[1][5][6][7][8]

Rhizocephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Beckmanniinae
Genus: Rhizocephalus
Boiss.
Species:
R. orientalis
Binomial name
Rhizocephalus orientalis
Synonyms[1]
  • Heleochloa orientalis (Boiss.) Dinsm.
  • Crypsis pygmaea Jaub. & Spach
  • Heleochloa pygmaea (Jaub. & Spach) B.D.Jacks.
  • Heleochloa turkestanica Litv.
  • Rhizocephalus turkestanicus (Litv.) Roshev.

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1844. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 1(5): 68
  3. ^ Tropicos, Rhizocephalus Boiss.
  4. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. ^ Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul
  6. ^ Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  7. ^ Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae
  8. ^ "The Euro+Med Plantbase Project". ww2.bgbm.org. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum of Berlin. Retrieved 2017-01-05.