Desmazeria Explained

Desmazeria is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, related to Catapodium.^{[1] [2]}

The genus is named for John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières, (1796-1862) a French merchant, amateur botanist, and editor of scientific journals.^[3]

Species^{[4] [5]}

• Desmazeria lorentii H.Scholz - Tunisia, Libya
• Desmazeria philistaea (Boiss.) H.Scholz - Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
• Desmazeria pignattii Brullo & Pavone - Sicily
• Desmazeria sicula (Jacq.) Dumort. - Sicily, Sardinia, Calabria, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia

formerly includedsee Castellia Catapodium Cutandia Halopyrum Sclerochloa Tribolium Wangenheimia

Notes and References

1. Dumortier, Barthélemy Charles Joseph. 1822. Commentationes Botanicae 26
2. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00181.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
3. The Names of Plants, D. Gledhill, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Rep. 1996. .p.93
4. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Desmazeria Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Desmazeria
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Desmazeria The Plant List, search for Desmazeria