Distribution
Native to:
Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mauritania, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Cutandia memphitica var. dichotoma (Forssk.) Maire & Weiller in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 30: 309 (1939)
- Festuca dichotoma Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 22 (1775)
- Festuca divaricata var. dichoyoma (Forssk.) Coss. & Durieu in M.C.Durieu de Maisonneuve, Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 184 (1855)
- Sclerochloa dichotoma (Forssk.) Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 90 (1821)
- Scleropoa dichotoma (Forssk.) Parl. in Fl. Ital. 1: 471 (1850)
- Scleropoa memphitica var. dichotoma (Forssk.) Bonnet & Barratte in Expl. Sci. Tunisie, Cat. Pl.: 483 (1896)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Festuca nana Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 428 (1854)
- Festuca vestita (De Not.) Walp. in Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 775 (1853)
- Sclerochloa pumila Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 428 (1854), pro syn.
- Scleropoa vestita De Not. in Index Seminum (GE, Genuensis) 1846: 28 (1846)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
- Bor, N.L. (1968). Flora of Iraq 9: 1-588. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
- Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
- Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Hand, R. (ed.) (2015). Supplementary notes to the flora of Cyprus VIII. Willdenowia 45: 245-259.
- Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
- Bor, N.L. (1968). Flora of Iraq 9: 1-588. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
- Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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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.
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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Kew Science Photographs
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