Lasiurus scindicus explained

Lasiurus is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family, Poaceae,^[1] found primarily in arid regions.^{[2] [3]} The only known species is Lasiurus scindicus, native to drier regions of northern Africa and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Mali to India.^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}

formerly included^[4] see Loxodera

• Lasiurus epectinatus – Loxodera caespitosa
• Lasiurus maitlandii – Loxodera ledermannii

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lasiurus Boiss.. . n.d.. Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. August 26, 2020.
2. Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 4: 145–146
3. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00331.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=422053 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
6. Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
7. Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
8. Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
9. Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
10. Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
11. Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
12. Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
13. Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
14. Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
15. Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.