Gastridium

Gastridium is a genus of plants in the grass family. Species of the genus are found in Africa and Eurasia.^[1][2] These grasses are sometimes called nit grass.^[3]

Species

Gastridium
Gastridium phleoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Supertribe:	Poodae
Tribe:	Poeae
Subtribe:	Agrostidinae
Genus:	Gastridium P.Beauv.
Type species
Gastridium australe (syn. of G. ventricosum) (L.) P.Beauv.

The following species are recognised in the genus Gastridium:^[4]

• Gastridium lainzii (Romero García) Romero Zarco - south-western Spain
• Gastridium phleoides (Nees & Meyen) C.E.Hubb. - Africa, southern Europe, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula
• Gastridium scabrum C.Presl - Mediterranean region
• Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) Schinz & Thell - Mediterranean and nearby regions from Great Britain to Cape Verde to Caucasus

Formerly included^[5]

see Triplachne

• Gastridium littorale - Triplachne nitens
• Gastridium nitens - Triplachne nitens
• Gastridium triaristatum - Triplachne nitens