Zingeria is a genus of Asian and European plants in the grass family.[3] Their native range covers the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean regions from Romania to Kazakhstan.[2][4][5]

Zingeria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Coleanthinae
Genus: Zingeria
P.A.Smirn.
Type species
Zingeria biebersteiniana
Synonyms[2]
  • Zingeriopsis Prob.

Zingeria was named in honour of Vasily Jakovlevich Zinger[6] (1836–1907), Russian mathematician, botanist and philosopher.

Species[2][7]

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos, Zingeria P.A. Smirn.
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Smirnov, Pavel Aleksandrovich. 1946. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii 51(2): 67
  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. ^ Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  6. ^ L. Watson, M. J. Dallwitz. "Zingeria". Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  7. ^ The Plant List search for Zingeria
  8. ^ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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