Catabrosa

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Catabrosa
Catabrosa aquatica[4][5]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Coleanthinae
Genus: Catabrosa
P.Beauv., 1812[1][2]
Type species
Catabrosa aquatica
Synonyms[6]
  • Catabrosia Roem. & Schult
Catabrosa aquatica, flooding in a ditch in Germany

Catabrosa is a small but widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to temperate areas of Eurasia, the Americas, and a few places in Africa.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

Catabrosa aquatica is in flower in Europe from June to August, and the seeds ripen from July to September. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by wind. They are a short, blunt‑leaved plants similar to Poa trivialis, which grows in wetland.[13]

Species[edit]

Accepted species[6]
formerly included[6]

Numerous names have been created in the genus that are no longer widely accepted. Some of these names are now regarded as synonymous with the accepted names listed above. Other names refer to species now considered to be better suited to other genera. The following list gives the Catabrosa name followed by the currently accepted name, in order to help you find appropriate information. Links to genera: Arctagrostis Antinoria Colpodium Deschampsia Eragrostis Glyceria Hyalopoa Periballia Phippsia Poa Puccinellia

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie page 97. in Latin
  2. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XIX (19), figure VIII (8) line drawings of Catabrosa aquatica; figure captions on caption page 13
  3. ^ lectotype designated by Nash in N. L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 1: 245 (7 Jun 1913)
  4. ^ http://www.meemelink.com/prints_pages/20140.Poaceae%20-%20Catabrosa%20aquatica.htm[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Flora Batava of Afbeelding en Beschrijving van Nederlandsche Gewassen, VIII Deel. (1844)". caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de.
  6. ^ a b c "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
  7. ^ Tropicos, Catabrosa P. Beauv.
  8. ^ Soreng, R. J. & L. Fish. 2011. Catabrosa versus Colpodium (Poaceae: Poeae) in southern Africa, with a key to these genera and their species in Africa. Kew Bulletin 66(1): 1–10
  9. ^ Nicora, E. G. & Z. R. Agrasar. 1981. Catabrosa P. Beauv. y Phippsia R. Brown (Gramineae) en America del Sur. Darwiniana 23(1): 179–188
  10. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 313 沿沟草属 yan gou cao shu Catabrosa P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 97. 1812.
  11. ^ "Genere Catabrosa - Flora Italiana". luirig.altervista.org.
  12. ^ kh02kg. "RBG Kew: GrassBase - Catabrosa Description". www.kew.org.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Frances Rose. The Observers Book of Grasses, Sedges and Rushes. pages 44–45

External links[edit]

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