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Cutandia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Poaceae

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Poales

Higher classification
  
Grasses

Similar
  
Grasses, Catapodium, Micropyrum, Avellinia, Psilurus

Cutandia is a genus of Asian and Mediterranean plants in the grass family. It is native to lands extending from Portugal and Cape Verde to Pakistan and Kazakhstan.

Species
  1. Cutandia dichotoma (Forssk.) Trab. - Asia + Africa from Algeria to Iran
  2. Cutandia divaricata (Desf.) Benth. - Canary Islands, Spain, Italy (incl Sicily + Sardinia), Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
  3. Cutandia maritima (L.) Benth. - Mediterranean, Canary Islands
  4. Cutandia memphitica (Spreng.) Benth. - Spain, North Africa, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Middle East, Caucasus, Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia
  5. Cutandia rigescens (Grossh.) Tzvelev - Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  6. Cutandia stenostachya (Boiss.) Stace - Greece + Turkey including Aegean Islands
formerly included

see Desmazeria Vulpiella

  • Cutandia incrassata - Vulpiella stipoides
  • Cutandia philistaea - Desmazeria philistaea
  • Cutandia rohlfsiana - Desmazeria philistaea
  • References

    Cutandia Wikipedia