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Agropyropsis

Agropyropsis is a monotypic genus of grasses closely related to Catapodium. It is native to the Batna Province in northeastern Algeria, and only contains a single species, Agropyropsis lolium. It once included a second species, Agropyropsis gracilis, which has since been renamed and moved to Lolium canariense.

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Agropyropsis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Parapholiinae
Genus: Agropyropsis
(Batt. & Trab.) A.Camus
Species:
A. lolium
Binomial name
Agropyropsis lolium
Synonyms1
  • Catapodium subg. Agropyropsis Trab. 1904
  • Catapodium sect. Agropyropsis Batt. & Trab. 1895
  • Agropyron lolium (Balansa) Trab.
  • Catapodium lolium (Balansa ex Coss. & Durieu) Hack. (type species)
  • Festuca lolium Balansa ex Coss. & Durieu
  • Triticum lolium (Balansa ex Coss. & Durieu) Trab.

Agropyropsis is a monotypic genus of grasses closely related to Catapodium.2 It is native to the Batna Province in northeastern Algeria,34 and only contains a single species, Agropyropsis lolium.156 It once included a second species, Agropyropsis gracilis, which has since been renamed and moved to Lolium canariense.1

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References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Valdés, B. & H. Scholz. 2006. The Euro+Med treatment of Gramineae - a generic synopsis and some new names. Willdenowia 36(2): 657–669.
  3. Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  4. Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  5. Battandier, Jules Aimé & Trabut, Louis. 1895. Flore d'Alger 233
  6. Camus, Aimée Antoinette 1935. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 82: 11