Desmazeria is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, related to Catapodium.[2][3]

Desmazeria
Desmazeria sicula
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: Parapholiinae
Genus: Desmazeria
Dumort.
Type species
Desmazeria sicula
Synonyms[1]
  • Demazeria Dumort., alternate spelling
  • Brizopyrum Link

The genus is named for John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières, (1796-1862) a French merchant, amateur botanist, and editor of scientific journals.[4]

Species[1][5][6]
formerly included[1]

see Castellia Catapodium Cutandia Halopyrum Sclerochloa Tribolium Wangenheimia

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Dumortier, Barthélemy Charles Joseph. 1822. Commentationes Botanicae 26
  3. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ^ The Names of Plants, D. Gledhill, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Rep. 1996. ISBN 0521366755.p.93
  5. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Desmazeria
  6. ^ The Plant List, search for Desmazeria