Gaudinia Explained

Gaudinia is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The genus name is a tribute to Swiss botanist Jean François Aimé Théophile Philippe Gaudin (1766-1833).

Species^{[5] [6]}

• Gaudinia coarctata - Azores
• Gaudinia fragilis - Mediterranean + nearby regions from Portugal + Morocco to Turkey
• Gaudinia hispanica - Spain
• Gaudinia maroccana - Morocco

formerly included^[5] see Helictochloa Ventenata

• Gaudinia biebersteinii - Ventenata macra
• Gaudinia fragilis - Ventenata macra
• Gaudinia planiculmis - Helictochloa planiculmis
• Gaudinia tenuis - Ventenata dubia

Notes and References

1. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00253.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394174#page/179/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 95
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394174#page/304/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XIX (19), figure V (5 a-d)
4. [Stace, C. A.]
5. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451535 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
6. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Gaudinia The Plant List search for Gaudinia