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Gastridium

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Gastridium is a genus of plants in the grass family. Species of the genus are found in Africa and Eurasia. These grasses are sometimes called nit grass.

Species

nit grass

Genus

  1. PhylumMollusca
  2. ClassGastropoda
  3. OrderNeogastropoda
  4. FamilyConidae
Habitatmarine
Native toAlbania, Algeria, Angola, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, DR Congo
Observations832

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
93
With media
44
Family
Conidae
Collections
CMC, CAS, BUF, GH, RSA, SBBG
Recorded in
United States, Switzerland, France, EspañA

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Gastridium is a genus of plants in the grass family. Species of the genus are found in Africa and Eurasia. These grasses are sometimes called nit grass. Species The following species are recognised in the genus Gastridium: Gastridium lainzii (Romero García) Romero Zarco - south-western Spain Gastridium phleoides (Nees & Meyen) C.E.Hubb. - Africa, southern Europe, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula Gastridium scabrum C.Presl - Mediterranean region Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell - Mediterranean and nearby regions from Great Britain to Cape Verde to Caucasus Formerly included see Triplachne Gastridium littorale - Triplachne nitens Gastridium nitens - Triplachne nitens Gastridium triaristatum - Triplachne nitens

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

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