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Catapodium
Catapodium rigidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Supertribe:	Poodae
Tribe:	Poeae
Subtribe:	Parapholiinae
Genus:	Catapodium Link, 1827
Type species
Catapodium loliaceum (Huds.) Link
Synonyms
Catopodium Link, alternate spelling Scleropoa Griseb. Synaphe Dulac Brachypodium sect. Catapodium (Link) Bluff, Nees & Schauer Desmazeria sect. Catapodium (Link) Bonnet & Barratte Festuca sect. Catapodium (Link) Endl. Poa sect. Catapodium (Link) W.D.J. Koch

Catapodium is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.

Species list

The genus comprises the following species:

• Catapodium demnatense (Murb.) Maire & Weiller - Morocco
• Catapodium mamoraeum (Maire) Maire & Weiller - Morocco
• Catapodium marinum (L.) C.E.Hubb. - Eurasia + North Africa from Ireland + Canary Islands to Turkey
• Catapodium rigidum (L.) C.E.Hubb. - Eurasia + North Africa from Ireland + Canary Islands to Crimea + Iran + Arabian Peninsula

Taxa formerly included

See Aeluropus Agropyropsis Castellia Catabrosa Cutandia Desmazeria Eragrostiella Festuca Micropyrum Tripogon Vulpia Wangenheimia:

• Catapodium aquaticum - Catabrosa aquatica
• Catapodium bifarium - Eragrostiella bifaria
• Catapodium coromandelianum - Eragrostiella bifaria
• Catapodium filiforme - Tripogon filiformis
• Catapodium fusiforme - Tripogon bromoides
• Catapodium halleri - Micropyrum tenellum
• Catapodium lolium - Agropyropsis lolium
• Catapodium montanum - Vulpia unilateralis
• Catapodium nepalense - Eragrostiella nardoides
• Catapodium patens - Micropyrum patens
• Catapodium pauciflorum - Wangenheimia lima
• Catapodium pungens - Aeluropus macrostachyus
• Catapodium rigescens - Cutandia rigescens
• Catapodium salzmannii - Festuca salzmannii
• Catapodium siculum - Desmazeria sicula
• Catapodium tenellum - Micropyrum tenellum
• Catapodium tuberculosum - Castellia tuberculosa
• Catapodium unilaterale - Vulpia unilateralis

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

References

1. ^ Tropicos, Catapodium Link
2. illustration circa 1901 by Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906
3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1827. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 44
5. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Catapodium
6. The Plant List search for Catapodium

External links

• Grassbase, World Online Grass Flora: Catapodium

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