Wangenheimia
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Catapodium pauciflorum (Merino) Brullo, Giusso, Miniss. & Spamp.
  • Cynosurus lima L.
  • Dactylis lima (L.) Steud.
  • Dactylis disticha Ball
  • Desmazeria castellana Willk.
  • Desmazeria pauciflora Merino
  • Desmazeria marina subsp. pauciflora (Merino) Silva Pando
  • Dinebra lima (L.) P.Beauv.
  • Eleusine lima (L.) Lam.
  • Festuca rhachiantha Steud.
  • Poa lima (L.) Trin.
  • Wangenheimia disticha Moench
  • Wangenheimia lima var. glabra Maire
  • Wangenheimia lima var. villosula Maire

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

Description

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]

Taxonomy

Illustration of Cynosurus lima (synonym of Wangenheimia lima), in Flora Atlantica, 1800

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]

Distribution

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]

Cultivation

It has been cultivated under the name Wangenheimia 'Lima Vulcan',[5] Wangenheimia lima 'Vulcan',[14] or Wangenheimia lima ‘Vulcan’ and “Vulcan Grass”.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Wangenheimia Moench | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 Moench, Conrad. 1794. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis : a staminum situ describendi 200 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Wangenheimia Moench
  4. "Wangenheimia lima". BBC Gardeners World Magazine. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Wangenheimia 'Lima Vulcan'". www.rightplants4me.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  6. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. D. Ohrnberger The Bamboos of the World: Annotated Nomenclature and Literature of the ... (1999), p. 334, at Google Books
  8. "Wangenheimia lima (L.) Trin. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  9. "Genus Wangenheimia Moench". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  10. Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press
  11. Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  12. Javier Loidi (Editor) The Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula: Volume 1 (2017), p. 660, at Google Books
  13. Mikel Lorda López Catálogo florístico de Navarra (2013), p. 120, at Google Books
  14. Nico Vermeulen Summer Flowers (Rebo International, 2001), p. 308, at Google Books
  15. "Wangenheimia lima 'Vulcan' "Vulcan Grass"". Retrieved 10 January 2022.
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