Zaqiqah

Zaqiqah is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae.^[2] It contains a single species, Zaqiqah mucronata, which is native to Eritrea, Somalia, and the Southwestern Arabian Peninsula (Yemen).^[1]

Zaqiqah
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Zaqiqah P.M.Peterson & Romasch.
Species:	Z. mucronata
Binomial name
Zaqiqah mucronata (Forssk.) P.M.Peterson & Romasch.
Synonyms[1]
Aeluropus arabicus (Spreng.) Steud. Aeluropus mucronatus (Forssk.) Asch. Aeluropus pungens (Vahl) Boiss. Calotheca arabica Spreng. Dactylis mucronata (Forssk.) Steud. Diplachne mucronata (Forssk.) Hack. ex Schinz Festuca mucronata Forssk. (1775) (basionym) Festuca pungens Vahl Odyssea mucronata (Forssk.) Stapf Uralepis pungens Kunth