Distribution
Native to:
Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Palestine
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Vulpia brevis Boiss. & Kotschy in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 4: 139 (1859)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Festuca biaristata Ehrh. ex Boiss. in Fl. Orient. 5: 630 (1884), pro syn.
- Festuca inops (Hack.) Delile ex Asch. & Graebn. in Sitzungsber. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 22: 110 (1880), nom. illeg.
- Festuca inops var. spiralis Asch. & Graebn. in Sitzungsber. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 22: 110 (1880)
- Festuca inops var. subdisticha Asch. & Graebn. in Sitzungsber. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 22: 111 (1880)
- Festuca marmarica F.Herm. in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 76: 30 (1936)
- Vulpia inops Hack. in Flora 63: 476 (1880)
- Vulpia inops var. glabra Hack. in Flora 63: 476 (1880)
- Vulpia inops var. strigosa Hack. in Flora 63: 476 (1880)
- Vulpia inops var. subdisticha (Asch. & Graebn.) Barbey in Herb. Levant: 168 (1882)
Publications
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Vulpia brevis.]
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letourneux, A.H. [165], Egypt | Vulpia brevis | K000789770 | Yes |
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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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images