Rhizocephalus

Rhizocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Rhizocephalus; Boiss.
Species:	R. orientalis
Binomial name
	Rhizocephalus orientalis; Boiss.
Synonyms
	Heleochloa orientalis (Boiss.) Dinsm.; Crypsis pygmaea Jaub. & Spach; Heleochloa pygmaea (Jaub. & Spach) B.D.Jacks.; Heleochloa turkestanica Litv.; Rhizocephalus turkestanicus (Litv.) Roshev.;

Rhizocephalus is a genus of plants in the grass family.^[2]^[3]^[4] The only known species is Rhizocephalus orientalis, native to Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.^[1]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1844. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 1(5): 68
^ Tropicos, Rhizocephalus Boiss.
^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
^ Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul
^ Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
^ Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae

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