Aegialina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Aveninae
Genus: Aegialina
Species: A. lapalmae – A. pubescens – A. pumila – A. salzmannii

Aegialina Schult., Mant. 2: 13, 222 (1824).

Type species: Aegialina pubescens (Lam.) Quintanar & Barberá, J. Syst. Evol. x: [21 of 27] (2024)
Note: Emended and resurrected from synonymy with Rostraria Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 149 (1820) (Barberá et al., 2024)

Homotypic
- Ktenosachne Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 150. (1854)
  - Typus: Ktenosachne tenerrima Steud. vide Aegialina pubescens (Lam.) Quintanar & Barberá (2024)
Heterotypic
- Poarion Rchb., Consp. Regn. Veg.: 51 (1828), nom. superfl.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Germany (introduced).
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Northwest Balkan Peninsula.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands, Madeira, Selvagens.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Mauritania.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Sudan-South Sudan.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - India, Pakistan.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia (introduced).

Schultes, J.A. 1824. Mantissa in Volumen Secundum. Systematis Vegetabilium Caroli a Linne ex Editione Joan. Jac. Roemer.... BHL Reference page.

Barberá, P., Soreng, R.J., Peterson, P.M., Garcia-Porta, J., Romaschenko, K., Aedo, C. & Quintanar, A. 2024. Phylogenetics and reticulation among koelerioid clades, part I: Contraction of Trisetum, expansion of Acrospelion, Graphephorum, and Tzveleviochloa; Graciliotrisetum gen. nov. and resurrection of Aegialina (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae, Aveninae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 63(3): 629–655. DOI: 10.1111/jse.13133 Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Aegialina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Aegialina. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 5 2025. Reference page.