Zingeria
Genus of grasses
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Zingeria is a genus of Asian and European plants in the grass family.[3] Their native range covers the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean regions from Romania to Kazakhstan.[2][4][5]
| Zingeria | |
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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: | Coleanthinae |
| Genus: | Zingeria P.A.Smirn. |
| Type species | |
| Zingeria biebersteiniana (Claus) P.A.Smirn.[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Zingeria was named in honour of Vasily Jakovlevich Zinger[6] (1836–1907), Russian mathematician, botanist and philosopher.
- Zingeria biebersteiniana (Claus) P.A.Smirn. - Crimea, southern European Russia, northern and southern Caucasus, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan[8]
- Zingeria kochii (Mez) Tzvelev - southern Caucasus
- Zingeria pisidica (Boiss.) Tutin - Romania, Turkey, southern Caucasus
- Zingeria trichopoda (Boiss.) P.A.Smirn. - southern Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, possibly Saudi Arabia
- Zingeria verticillata (Boiss. & Bal.) Chrtek - Turkey