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Ampelodesmos ampélodesmos (Cirillo) Kerguélen; Ampélodesmos bicolore Kunth; Ampelodesmos effusus Steud.; Ampelodesmos festucoides Steud.; Ampelodesmos mauritanicus var. bicolore (Poir.) Fiori; Ampelodesmos tenax Lien; Ampélodonax bicolore Lojac.; Arundo ampelodesmos Cirillo; Arundo bicolore Desf.; Arundo biflora Lam.; Arundo festucoides Desf.; Arundo festucoïdes f. grandiflora Pau; Arundo mauritanica Poir.; Arundo pliniana var. mauritanica (Poir.) Parl.; Arundo tenax Vahl; Avena festucoides Raspail; Calamagrostis bicolor JF. Gmel.; Deyeuxia arundinacea P.Beauv.; Donax ampelodesmos Roem. & Schult.; Donax bicolor (Poir.) P.Beauv.; Donax festucoides (Desf.) P.Beauv.; Donax mauritanicus (Poir.) P.Beauv.; Donax tenax (Vahl) P.Beauv.; Festuca elatior Ucria; Stipa mauritanica (Poir.) Columbus & JP. Sm (WFO 2023).
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Elachouri, M., Idrissi, A., Afaf, M., Ali, B., Ziyyat, A. (2023). Ampelodesmos mauritanicus (Poir.) T. Durand & Schinz Poaceae. In: Bussmann, R.W., Elachouri, M., Kikvidze, Z. (eds) Ethnobotany of Northern Africa and Levant. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13933-8_29-1
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