Cornucopiae Explained

Cornucopiae is a genus of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern plants in the grass family.^[1] Common name is hooded grass.^[2]

Species

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• Cornucopiae alopecuroides L. - Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel
• Cornucopiae cucullatum L. - Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Iraq

formerly included

^[3] see Agrostis

• Cornucopiae altissima - Agrostis perennans
• Cornucopiae altissimum - Agrostis perennans
• Cornucopiae hyemale - Agrostis hyemalis
• Cornucopiae perennans - Agrostis perennans

Notes and References

1. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00149.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
2. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=cornucopiae+cucullatum Altervista Flora Italiana, Cornucopia, Hooded Grass, Cornucopiae cucullatum L.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451292 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Cornucopiae The Plant List search for Cornucopiae