Castellia

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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| genus = Castellia

| parent_authority = Tineo

| species = tuberculosa

| authority =(Moris) Bor

| synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=403706 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002494 Tropicos, Castellia Tineo ]

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• Catapodium sect. Castellia (Tineo) Batt. & Trab.
• Catapodium subg. Castellia (Tineo) Trab.
• Desmazeria sect. Castellia (Tineo) Bonnet & Barratte
• Festuca sect. Castellia (Tineo) F. Herm.
• Catapodium tuberculosum Moris
• Castellia tuberculata Tineo
• Festuca tuberculosa (Moris) Coss. & Durieu
• Desmazeria tuberculosa (Moris) Batt. & Trab. 1884
• Nardurus tuberculosus (Moris) Hayek
• Micropyrum tuberculosum (Moris) Pilg.
• Festuca muricata Durieu ex Parl.
• Lolium elegans Steud.

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Castellia is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family.Tineo, Vincenzo. 1846. Plantarum Rariorum Siciliae minus cognitarum pugillus primus 2: 17[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00104.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora] The only known species is Castellia tuberculosa, native to southern Europe (Spain, Sardinia, Greece), northern and northeastern Africa (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan), and southwestern Asia (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Persian Gulf Sheikdoms, Iran, Pakistan, Punjab State of India).Bor, N. L. 1960. Grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) i–767. Pergamon Press, OxfordPhillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=castellia+tuberculosa Altervista Flora Italiana, Logliarello tubercoloso, Castellia tuberculosa (Moris) Bor]