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Ampelodesmos

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Ampelodesmos

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Ampelodesmos is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, which is known by the common names stramma, Mauritania grass, rope grass, and dis(s) grass. It is classified in its own tribe Ampelodesmeae within the grass subfamily Pooideae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toAlgeria, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia
Observations recorded4,962

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
31
With media
28
Family
Poaceae
Collections
UCMP, USU, LD, B, JBRJ, VT
Recorded in
United States, Italy, Spain, Greece, Algeria, Morocco, Argentina, BéLgica

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Ampelodesmos is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, which is known by the common names stramma, Mauritania grass, rope grass, and dis(s) grass. It is classified in its own tribe Ampelodesmeae within the grass subfamily Pooideae.

The genus probably originated through ancient hybrid speciation, as a cross between parents from tribes Stipeae and Phaenospermateae.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ampelodesmos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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