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]

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Monocots

Clade:Commelinids

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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

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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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Bosser, J. (1969). Gramiées des pasturages et des cultures a Madagascar: 1-440. ORSTOM, Paris.
[5]
Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
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Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449. Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
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Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
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Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
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Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
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Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
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Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E. [United Arab Emirates]: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
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Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
[16]
Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
[17]
Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
[18]
Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève

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