Poaceae

Gastridium P.Beauv.

First published in Ess. Agrostogr.: 21 (1812)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia, W. Europe to Medit. and Iran, Eritrea to S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Angola, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Madeira, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Selvagens, Sicilia, Socotra, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Czechoslovakia, Desventurados Is., Easter Is., Germany, Hawaii, Juan Fernández Is., Maine, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Mississippi, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Oregon, Peru, South Australia, Tasmania, Texas, Victoria, Western Australia

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Ess. Agrost.: 21 (1812)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Meyers, F. [B1085] West Bank K003594413 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0