Rhizocephalus

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Poaceae}}

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| genus = Rhizocephalus

| parent_authority = Boiss.

| species = orientalis

| authority = Boiss.

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• Heleochloa orientalis (Boiss.) Dinsm.
• Crypsis pygmaea Jaub. & Spach
• Heleochloa pygmaea (Jaub. & Spach) B.D.Jacks.
• Heleochloa turkestanica Litv.
• Rhizocephalus turkestanicus (Litv.) Roshev.

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Rhizocephalus is a genus of plants in the grass family, Poaceae.Boissier, Pierre Edmond. 1844. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 1(5): 68[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40024785 Tropicos, Rhizocephalus Boiss.][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00549.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora] The only known species is Rhizocephalus orientalis, native to Afghanistan, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Asiatic Turkey, and Uzbekistan.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, IstanbulDanin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae{{Cite web|url=http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetailOccurrence.asp?NameId=141702&PTRefFk=7100000|title=The Euro+Med Plantbase Project|last=|first=|date=|website=ww2.bgbm.org|publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum of Berlin|access-date=2017-01-05}}