Zingeria

Zingeria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Zingeria
P.A.Smirn.
Type species
Zingeria biebersteiniana
(Claus) P.A.Smirn.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Zingeriopsis Prob.

Zingeria is a genus of Asian and European plants in the grass family.[3] Their native range covers the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean regions from Romania to Kazakhstan.[2][4][5]

Zingeria was named in honour of Vasily Jakovlevich Zinger[6] (1836–1907), Russian mathematician, botanist and philosopher.

Species[2][7]
  1. Zingeria biebersteiniana (Claus) P.A.Smirn. - Crimea, southern European Russia, northern and southern Caucasus, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan[8]
  2. Zingeria kochii (Mez) Tzvelev - southern Caucasus
  3. Zingeria pisidica (Boiss.) Tutin - Romania, Turkey, southern Caucasus
  4. Zingeria trichopoda (Boiss.) P.A.Smirn. - southern Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, possibly Saudi Arabia
  5. Zingeria verticillata (Boiss. & Bal.) Chrtek - Turkey

References

  1. Tropicos, Zingeria P.A. Smirn.
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Smirnov, Pavel Aleksandrovich. 1946. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii 51(2): 67
  4. Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi. Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul
  5. Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  6. L. Watson, M. J. Dallwitz. "Zingeria". Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  7. The Plant List search for Zingeria
  8. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species


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