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Genus of grasses From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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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]
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]
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]
It has been cultivated under the name Wangenheimia 'Lima Vulcan',[5] Wangenheimia lima 'Vulcan',[14] or Wangenheimia lima ‘Vulcan’ and “Vulcan Grass”.[15]
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