Catapodium rigidum subsp. majus (C.Presl) F.H.Perring & P.D.Sell

First published in Watsonia 6: 317 (1967)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Central & E. Medit. to Iran. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Iran, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe

Introduced into:

Great Britain, Ireland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

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 Catapodium rigidum var. majus.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • 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