Gastridium

nit grass
Gastridium phleoides fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Gastridium
Type species
Gastridium australe
(syn of G. ventricosum )

Gastridium is a small but widespread genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family.[1][2] These grasses are sometimes called nit grass.[3]

Species[4][5][6]
  1. Gastridium phleoides (Nees & Meyen) C.E.Hubb. - Africa, southern Europe, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula
  2. Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell - Mediterranean and nearby regions from Great Britain to Cape Verde to Caucasus
formerly included[4]

see Triplachne

References

  1. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph . 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 21, 164. in Latin
  2. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph . 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate VI (6), figure VI (6 a-e) at upper right line drawings of Gastridium australe (syn of G. ventricosum ); figure captions on caption page 6
  3. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Gastridium, nit grass
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ The Plant List search for Gastridium
  6. ↑ United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile


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