Gastridium

Gastridium

Taxobox
name = "Gastridium"



image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Gastridium phleoides" fruits
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
subfamilia = Pooideae
genus = "Gastridium"
genus_authority = P.Beauv.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 1 or 2 - See text.

"Gastridium" is a small genus of grasses. It contains two species, "Gastridium ventricosum", and "Gastridium phleoides", although the latter is sometimes grouped with the former, making it a monotypic genus in some treatments. These grasses are sometimes called nit grass.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9031 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GASTR USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Gastridium_phleoides&type=treatment Grass Manual Account]


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  • Gastridium —   Gastridium Gastridium phleoides …   Wikipedia Español

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  • Gastridium ventricosum — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots …   Wikipedia

  • Gastridium lendigerum — Nit Nit (n[i^]t), n. [AS. hnitu; akin to D. neet, G. niss, OHG. niz; cf. Gr. koni s, koni dos, Icel. gnit, Sw. gnet, Dan. gnid, Russ. & Pol. gnida, Bohem. hnida, W. nedd.] (Zo[ o]l.) The egg of a louse or other small insect. [1913 Webster] {Nit… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gastridium phleoides — ID 36642 Symbol Key GAPH2 Common Name nit grass Family Poaceae Category Monocot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Introduced to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA, HI, MA, ME, MS, OR, TX Growth Habit Graminoid …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Gastridium —   Gk gaster, paunch; idium, diminutive. The glumes are gibbously swollen …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

  • Gastridium P. Beauv. — Symbol GASTR Common Name nit grass Botanical Family Poaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Gastridium phleoides (Nees & Meyen) C.E. Hubbard — Symbol GAPH2 Common Name nit grass Botanical Family Poaceae …   Scientific plant list

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