Echinaria Explained

Echinaria is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2] [3]} The only known species is Echinaria capitata, native to the Mediterranean Region as well as the Southwest and Central Asia (from Portugal and Morocco to Kazakhstan).^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/305152#page/398/mode/1up Desfontaines, René Louiche. 1799. Flora Atlantica 2: 385-386
2. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00208.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
3. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Echinaria Altervista Flora Italiana, gener Echinaria
4. Bor, N.L. (1968). Flora of Iraq 9: 1-588. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
5. Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
6. Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
7. Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
8. Fedorov, A.A. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Russia. The European part and bordering regions 1: 1-546. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Broekfield.
9. Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
10. Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
11. Meyer, F.K. (2011). Beiträge zur Flora von Albanien. Haussknechtia, Beih. 15: 1-220.