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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Coleanthinae |
| Genus: | Zingeria P.A.Smirn. |
| Type species | |
| Zingeria biebersteiniana (Claus) P.A.Smirn.[1]
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Zingeria was named in honour of Vasily Jakovlevich Zinger[6] (1836–1907), Russian mathematician, botanist and philosopher.
- Zingeria biebersteiniana (Claus) P.A.Smirn. - Crimea, southern European Russia, northern and southern Caucasus, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan[8]
- Zingeria kochii (Mez) Tzvelev - southern Caucasus
- Zingeria pisidica (Boiss.) Tutin - Romania, Turkey, southern Caucasus
- Zingeria trichopoda (Boiss.) P.A.Smirn. - southern Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, possibly Saudi Arabia
- Zingeria verticillata (Boiss. & Bal.) Chrtek - Turkey
References edit
- ^ Tropicos, Zingeria P.A. Smirn.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Smirnov, Pavel Aleksandrovich. 1946. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii 51(2): 67
- ^ 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
- ^ Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- ^ L. Watson, M. J. Dallwitz. "Zingeria". Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
- ^ The Plant List search for Zingeria
- ^ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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