Lamarckia

goldentop grass
Lamarckia aurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Lamarckia
Moench, conserved spelling,[1] not Vahl 1810 (Solanaceae)
Species: L. aurea
Binomial name
Lamarckia aurea
(L.) Moench
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Lamarkia Moench. alternate spelling
  • Tinaea Garzia
  • Achyrodes Ludw.
  • Chrysurus Pers.
  • Pterium Desv.
  • Cynosurus aureus L.
  • Chrysurus cynosuroides Pers.
  • Chrysurus aureus (L.) Besser
  • Achyrodes aureum (L.) Kuntze
  • Pterium elegans Desv.
  • Tinaea elegans Garzia ex Parl.
  • Lamarckia hookeriana Griff.

Lamarckia (goldentop grass) is a Eurasian and African plant in the grass family.[3][4]

Species[2]

The only known species is Lamarckia aurea. It is an annual plant, typically 30-45 centimetres in height, with clusters of golden flowers in a panicle 5–8 cm long and 2-2.5 cm broad. The species is native to the Mediterranean Basin and neighboring regions from Portugal to the Canary Islands east to Ethiopia and northern India. It is also naturalized in parts of Australia and the Americas, considered an invasive weed in some areas.

formerly included[2]

see Aegopogon

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tropicos, Lamarckia Moench
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Moench, Conrad. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis : a staminum situ describendi 201 in Latin
  4. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Lamarckia
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