Sphenopus

coastal grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Sphenopus
Trin.
Type species
Sphenopus gouanii
(syn of S. divaricatus)[1]
Trin.

Sphenopus (common name coastal grass),[2] is a genus of Asian and Mediterranean plants in the grass family.[3][4][5]


Species[1][6]
  1. Sphenopus divaricatus (Gouan) Rchb. - Mediterranean and adjacent regions from Canary Islands and Portugal to Tajikistan
  2. Sphenopus ehrenbergii Hausskn. - Libya, Tunisia

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Nebbia delle saline, Coastal Grass, Sphenopus divaricatus (Gouan) Rchb.
  3. ↑ Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae page 135
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Sphenopus Trin.
  5. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Sphenopus
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