Catapodium

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Festuceae
Subtribus: Parapholiinae
Genus: Catapodium
Species: C. demnatense – C. mamoraeum – C. marinum – C. rigidum
Name

Catapodium Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 380 (1827)
Type species: Catapodium marinum (L.) C.E.Hubb., Kew Bull. 9: 375 (1954)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Scleropoa Griseb., Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 431 (1846).
Synaphe Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 90 (1867), nom. superfl.

References

Link, J.H.F. Hortus Regius Botanicus Berolinensis 1: 44. (1827)
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Catapodium in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Catapodium. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27.
Tropicos.org 2013. Catapodium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 27.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Catapodium. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct. 2013.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Catapodium. .

Catapodium is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.[4][1][5]

Species list

The genus comprises the following species:[3][6]

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 Micropyrum Narduroides Tripogon Vulpia Wangenheimia:[3]

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 - Narduroides salzmannii
Catapodium siculum - Desmazeria sicula
Catapodium tenellum - Micropyrum tenellum
Catapodium tuberculosum - Castellia tuberculosa
Catapodium unilaterale - Vulpia unilateralis