Halopyrum

Halopyrum is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.^[2][3] The only known species is Halopyrum mucronatum, native to the Indian Subcontinent, Iran, the Arabian Peninsula, Socotra, Madagascar, and eastern + northeastern Africa (from Egypt to Mozambique).^{[1][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]}

Halopyrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:	Tripogoninae
Genus:	Halopyrum Stapf
Species:	H. mucronatum
Binomial name
Halopyrum mucronatum (L.) Stapf
Synonyms^[1]
Uniola mucronata L. Briza mucronata (L.) Lam. Eragrostis mucronata (L.) Deflers Brachypodium unioloides (C.Presl) Link Festuca unioloides (C.Presl) Kunth Poa triticoides Decne. Desmazeria unioloides (C.Presl) Deflers

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Stapf, Otto. 1896. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 25: plate 2448 full-page line drawing of Halopyrum mucronatum plus 2 subsequent text pages; descriptions in Latin, commentary and figure captions in English
3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
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