Aira elegans

Aira elegans

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: Aira
Species: Aira elegans

Name

Aira elegans Willd., 1817

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Aira capillaris Host, Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 4: 20 (1809), nom. illeg.
• Homotypic
  • 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).
  • 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: 85 (1853).
  • Aira notarisiana Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 221 (1854).
  • 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).
  • Avena capillaris var. corsica Nyman, Syll. Fl. Eur., Suppl.: 71 (1865).
  • Avena capillaris var. elegantissima (Schur) Nyman, Syll. Fl. Eur., Suppl.: 71 (1865).
  • Fussia capillaris var. elegantissima (Schur) Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 755 (1866).
  • Aira capillaris var. corsica (Nyman) Ces., Pass. & Gibelli, Comp. Fl. Ital.: 60 (1867).
  • 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 capillaris subsp. ambigua (Asch.) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 775 (1882).
  • Aira capillaris var. corsica Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 775 (1882).
  • Aira capillaris subsp. corsica (Nyman) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 775 (1882).
  • Aira elegans subsp. notarisiana (Steud.) Soják, Sborn. Nár. Mus. v Praze, Rada B, Prír. Vedy 4: 137 (1963).
  • Aira elegans subsp. ambigua (Asch.) Holub, Preslia 36: 251 (1964).
  • Aira byzantina F.Albers, Willdenowia 9: 284 (1979).
  • Aira elegantissima subsp. ambigua (Asch.) Dogan, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 509 (1983).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia Regional: Central Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Switzerland Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Southwestern Europe East Aegean Is., Cyprus, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus Introduced into: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Brazil South, Canary Is., Chile Central, Germany, Japan, Mauritius, New Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, South Australia, Tasmania, Tennessee, Uruguay, Victoria, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Willdenow, C.L.v. ex Roem. & Schult., 1817. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 682

Additional references

• Dimopoulos, P. & al. (2016). Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. Supplement. Willdenowia 46: 301-347.

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.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Aira elegans. Published online. Accessed: August 12 2022. Reference page.

Vernacular names

беларуская: елегантен брол
Deutsch: Haar-Haferschmiele, zierliche Haferschmiele
English: Annual Silver Hairgrass, delicate hair grass
suomi: korulauhio
հայերեն: Գնկոր նրբագեղ
svenska: Fintåtel

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