Avenella (Poaceae)

Avenella flexuosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Airinae
Genus: Avenella
Species: A. flexuosa – A. foliosa

Name

Avenella Bluff ex Drejer, Fl. Excurs. Hafn. xxiv, 32 (1838).

  • Type species: Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer, Fl. Excurs. Hafn. xxiv, 32 (1838).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Aira sect. Avenella Bluff & Fingerh., Comp. Fl. German. (ed. 2) [Bluff & Fingerhuth] 1(1): 139 (1836).
      • Deschampsia sect. Avenella (Bluff & Fingerh.) W.D.J.Koch ex Griseb., Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 419 (1852).
    • Avenella Koch ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 173 (1840), pro syn., isonym.
    • Avenella Parl., Fl. Ital. (Savi) 1(2): 244 (1848), isonym.
    • Lerchenfeldia Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 753 (1866), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Cosmopolitan
      • Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Borneo, Bulgaria, Burundi, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Illinois, Indiana, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Québec, Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vermont, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yugoslavia, Zaïre
    • Introduced into:
      • Alaska, Aleutian Is., Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Colorado, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Hawaii, Idaho, Mexico Central, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Oregon, Rhode I., South Georgia, Tristan da Cunha, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

čeština: Metlička
English: Hairgrass
suomi: Metsälauhat
norsk bokmål: Smyleslekta
norsk nynorsk: Smyleslekta
norsk: Smyleslekta
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