Aira elegans

Aira elegans

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: Airinae
Genus: Aira
Species: Aira elegans

Name

Aira elegans Willd. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 682 (1817).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Aira capillaris Host, Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 4: 20 (1809), nom. illeg.
  • Avena capillaris Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 1: 577 (1823).
  • Aira caryophyllea var. capillaris (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Bluff & Fingerh., Comp. Fl. German., ed. 2, 1(1): 139 (1836).
  • Airopsis setacea Fr., Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 3: 180 (1843), nom. superfl.
  • Airopsis capillaris (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Schur, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 328 (1859).
  • Fussia capillaris (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 754 (1866).
  • Airella capillaris (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Dumort., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 68 (1868).
  • Aspris capillaris (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Hitchc., Bull. U.S.D.A. 772: 116 (1920).
  • Airopsis elegans (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Fr. & D.Müll., Index Seminum (UPS, Upsaliensi) 1853: [3] (1954).
  • Aira elegantissima subsp. hosteana Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 176 (1973).
• Heterotypic
  • Aira saxatilis Salzm. ex Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 59 (1830), pro syn.
  • Aira ambigua De Not., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 5: 365 (1846), nom. illeg.
  • Aira corsica Jord., Mém. Acad. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 1: 143 (1852), nom. illeg.
  • Aira elegantissima Schur, Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4(Anh.): 85 (1853).
    • Avena capillaris var. elegantissima (Schur) Nyman, Syll. Fl. Eur., Suppl.: 71 (1865).
    • Fussia capillaris var. elegantissima (Schur) Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 755 (1866).
  • Aira notarisiana Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 221 (1854).
    • Aira elegans subsp. notarisiana (Steud.) Soják, Sborn. Nár. Mus. v Praze, Rada B, Prír. Vedy 4: 137 (1963).
  • Avena capillaris var. ambigua Nyman, Syll. Fl. Eur.: 414 (1855).
  • Aira elegans var. biaristata Godr. in J.C.M.Grenier & G.Godron, Fl. France Corse 3: 505 (1856).
  • Aira capillaris var. divaricata Schur, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 328 (1859).
  • Airopsis capillaris var. divaricatoramosa Schur, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 328 (1859).
  • Aira capillaris var. ambigua Asch., Fl. Brandenburg 1: 831 (1864).
    • Aira capillaris subsp. ambigua (Asch.) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 775 (1882).
    • Aira elegans subsp. ambigua (Asch.) Holub, Preslia 36: 251 (1964).
    • Aira elegantissima subsp. ambigua (Asch.) Doğan, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 509 (1983).
  • Avena capillaris var. corsica Nyman, Syll. Fl. Eur., Suppl.: 71 (1865).
    • Aira capillaris var. corsica (Nyman) Ces., Pass. & Gibelli, Comp. Fl. Italiana: 60 (1867).
    • Aira capillaris subsp. corsica (Nyman) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 775 (1882).
  • Aira capillaris var. pumila Herder, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1867: 25 (1868).
  • Aira sicula Tod., Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1872: 38 (1872), nom. illeg.
  • Aira byzantina F.Albers, Willdenowia 9: 284 (1979).

Homonyms

• Aira elegans Willd. ex Gaudin, Agrost. Helv. 1: 355, 130 (1811), pro syn. vide Molineriella laevis (Brot.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 103 (1913).
• Aira elegans Vill. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 44 (1840), pro syn. = Antinoria agrostidea subsp. agrostidea

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula. Regional: Eastern Europe Krym. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Northern America Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee. Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Uruguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1817. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 2. viii + 964 pp. Sumtibus J.G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Aira elegans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Aira elegans. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 12. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Aira elegans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 August 2022. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Aira elegans. Published online. Accessed: August 12 2022. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• беларуская: елегантен брол
• Deutsch: Haar-Haferschmiele
• English: Annual Silver Hairgrass
• suomi: korulauhio
• հայերեն: Գնկոր նրբագեղ
• svenska: Fintåtel

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