Gaudinia is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family.Grassbase - The World Online Grass FloraPalisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 95 in LatinPalisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XIX (19), figure V (5 a-d) line drawing of Gaudinia fragilis, figure captions on caption page 13Stace, C. A. & T. G. Tutin. 1978. 'A new species of Gaudinia from Spain'. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 353–356
The genus name is a tribute to Swiss botanist Jean François Aimé Théophile Philippe Gaudin (1766-1833).
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesThe Plant List search for Gaudinia Gaudinia coarctata - Azores Gaudinia fragilis - Mediterranean + nearby regions from Portugal + Morocco to Turkey Gaudinia hispanica - Spain Gaudinia maroccana - Morocco
formerly included see Helictochloa Ventenata Gaudinia biebersteinii - Ventenata macra Gaudinia fragilis - Ventenata macra Gaudinia planiculmis - Helictochloa planiculmis Gaudinia tenuis - Ventenata dubia
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