Piptatherum holciforme (M.Bieb.) Roem. & Schult.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 328 (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Central Asia and Arabian Peninsula, Eritrea to Ethiopia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, North Caucasus, Oman, Palestine, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Germany

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Fedorov, A.A. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Russia. The European part and bordering regions 1: 1-546. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Broekfield.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Patzelt, A. & al. (2020). Studies in the flora of Arabia: XXXIV. Sixty new records from the Sultanate of Oman. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 77: 413-437.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

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 Oryzopsis holciformis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bor, N.L. (1968). Flora of Iraq 9: 1-588. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • 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.
  • Fedorov, A.A. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Russia. The European part and bordering regions 1: 1-546. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Broekfield.
  • Fedtschenko, B.A. & al. (1932). Flora Turkmenii 1: 1-340. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Patzelt, A. & al. (2020). Studies in the flora of Arabia: XXXIV. Sixty new records from the Sultanate of Oman. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 77: 413-437.
  • Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1956). Flora Kazakhstana 1: 1-354. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Phillips, S.M. [45] Greece K002914407 No
Janka [s.n.] K002914396 No
Sagorski, E. [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002914405 No
s.coll. Ethiopia K003060166 No
Park, C.B. [565] K002914814 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000912790 Unknown Type Material Yes
de Degen, A. [s.n.] Romania K002914400 No
Gillett, J.B. Ethiopia K003060164 No
Stribrny, V. [s.n.] Bulgaria K002914403 No
[Fischer] [177] Russia K002914853 Yes
s.coll [s.n] Russia K002914852 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Russia K002914850 No
Callier, A. [245] Russia K002914851 No
Davis [33333] Ukraine K002914854 No
Junge, P. [s.n.] Russia K002914849 No
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [750] Greece K002914408 No
{Degen, A. (Dr.)} [[16]] Hungary K002914401 No
Degen [s.n.] Hungary K002914395 No
Burger, W. Ethiopia K003060161 No
Fayvush, G.; Tamanyan, K.; Oganesyan, M.; Ter-Voskanyan, H. [05-0436] Armenia K002914594 No
Borza, A.; Nyárády, E.J. [s.n.] Romania K002914399 No
Haines, R.W. [684] K002914402 No
Janka [s.n.] K002914397 No
Sagorski, E. [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002914406 No
{Fayvush; et al.} [s.n.] Armenia K002914595 No
Gillett, J.B. Ethiopia K003060162 No
[Heaffely] [s.n.] K002914398 No
Vasak, V. [s.n.] Armenia K002914855 No
Holmberg, O.R. [1465] Georgia K002914856 No
Gillett, J.B. Ethiopia K003060165 No
Burger, W. Ethiopia K003060163 No
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [1350] Albania K002914404 No

Sources

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    • 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
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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