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Rhizocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Supertribe:	Poodae
Tribe:	Poeae
Subtribe:	Beckmanniinae
Genus:	Rhizocephalus Boiss.
Species:	R. orientalis
Binomial name
Rhizocephalus orientalis Boiss.
Synonyms
Heleochloa orientalis (Boiss.) Dinsm. Crypsis pygmaea Jaub. & Spach Heleochloa pygmaea (Jaub. & Spach) B.D.Jacks. Heleochloa turkestanica Litv. Rhizocephalus turkestanicus (Litv.) Roshev.

Rhizocephalus is a genus of plants in the grass family, Poaceae. The only known species is Rhizocephalus orientalis, native to Afghanistan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Asiatic Turkey, and Uzbekistan.

References

1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1844. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 1(5): 68
3. Tropicos, Rhizocephalus Boiss.
4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
5. Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul
6. Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
7. Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae
8. "The Euro+Med Plantbase Project". ww2.bgbm.org. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum of Berlin. Retrieved 2017-01-05.

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• Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier
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