Wangenheimia
Genus of grasses
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Wangenheimia is a monotypic genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Wangenheimia lima.[2][3]
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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 | |
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Description
Taxonomy
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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]