Aira praecox

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 praecox

Aira praecox L., 1753

Homotypic
- Aira canescens var. praecox (L.) Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 85 (1787).
- Agrostis praecox (L.) Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 24 (1796).
- Avena praecox (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 89 (1812).
- Trisetum praecox (L.) Dumort., Observ. Gramin. Belg.: 122 (1824).
- Airopsis praecox (L.) Fr., Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 3: 180 (1843).
- Caryophyllea praecox (L.) Opiz, Seznam: 27 (1852).
- Fussia praecox (L.) Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 754 (1866).
- Avena caryophyllea praecox (L.) Kuntze, Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 45 (1867).
- Airella praecox (L.) Dumort., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 68 (1868).
- Salmasia praecox (L.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 4: 316 (1901).
- Aspris praecox (L.) Nash in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2, 1: 215 (1913).
Heterotypic
- Avena pusilla Weber in F.H.Wiggers, Prim. Fl. Holsat.: 9 (1780).
- Aira subspicata Rainv. in D.de Gorter, Fl. Belg. Foed.: 74 (1781), nom. illeg.
- Aira gmelinii Honck., Verz. Gew. Teutschl.: 212 (1782).
- Avena loeflingiana M.Geuns ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 660 (1817), pro syn.
- Avena nana Kunze ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 172 (1840), pro syn.
- Aira pusilla Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 754 (1866), pro syn.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores, Canary Is., Madeira
Continental: Europe
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Baltic States, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Poland, Netherlands, Switzerland
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Føroyar, Norway, Sweden, Finland
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Portugal, Spain
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Italy, Krym
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Turkey
- Introduced into:
  - Argentina South, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile South, Connecticut, Crozet Is., Delaware, Falkland Is., Juan Fernández Is., Kerguelen, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Australia, Tasmania, Uruguay, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, Western Australia

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Aira praecox 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 praecox. 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 praecox. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 August 2022. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Aira praecox. Published online. Accessed: August 12 2022. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aira praecox in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 August 12. Reference page.