Wangenheimia
Wangenheimia is a monotypic genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Wangenheimia lima.[2][3]
| Wangenheimia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Loliinae |
| Genus: | Wangenheimia Moench |
| Species: | W. lima |
| Binomial name | |
| Wangenheimia lima | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description edit
An annual ornamental grass, which bears unusual, feather-like or herringbone-shaped seedheads on long, wiry stems, all summer long.[4] It can grow up to 60 cm (24 in) tall, with long green leaves that have shades of silver when young.[5]
Taxonomy edit
The genus is named after the Prussian botanist Friedrich Adam Julius von Wangenheim (1749–1800).[2][6] The Latin specific epithet of lima refers to the Latin noun of file, often referring to a rough surface.[7] Wangenheimia was first described and published in Methodus on page 200 in 1794.[1] The species was first published in Fund. Agrost. on page 132 in 1820.[8]
The genus is not recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, listing it as a synonym of Festuca L. and they do not list any known species.[9]
Distribution edit
It is native to Spain and Portugal (in Europe) and Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia (in North Africa).[1][10][11]
It is found in grasslands,[12] at altitudes of 500 metres (1,600 ft) above sea level.[13]
Cultivation edit
It has been cultivated under the name Wangenheimia 'Lima Vulcan',[5] Wangenheimia lima 'Vulcan',[14] or Wangenheimia lima ‘Vulcan’ and “Vulcan Grass”.[15]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Wangenheimia Moench | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ a b Moench, Conrad. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis : a staminum situ describendi 200 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, Wangenheimia Moench
- ^ "Wangenheimia lima". BBC Gardeners World Magazine. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Wangenheimia 'Lima Vulcan'". www.rightplants4me.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ D. Ohrnberger The Bamboos of the World: Annotated Nomenclature and Literature of the ... (1999), p. 334, at Google Books
- ^ "Wangenheimia lima (L.) Trin. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Genus Wangenheimia Moench". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press
- ^ Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- ^ Javier Loidi (Editor) The Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula: Volume 1 (2017), p. 660, at Google Books
- ^ Mikel Lorda López Catálogo florístico de Navarra (2013), p. 120, at Google Books
- ^ Nico Vermeulen Summer Flowers (Rebo International, 2001), p. 308, at Google Books
- ^ "Wangenheimia lima 'Vulcan' "Vulcan Grass"". Retrieved 10 January 2022.