Avena brevis

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: Avena
Species: Avena brevis

Avena brevis Roth, Bot. Abh. Beobacht.: 42 (1787)

Homotypic
- Avena nuda subsp. brevis (Roth) Mansf. in Kulturpflanze, Beih. 2: 480 (1959)
- Avena sativa subsp. brevis (Roth) Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 237 (1899)
- Avena sativa var. brevis (Roth) Fiori in Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 109 (1923)
- Avena strigosa subsp. brevis (Roth) Hayek in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 30: 321 (1932)
- Avena strigosa subsp. brevis (Roth) Husn. in Graminées: 39 (1897)
- Avena strigosa proles brevis (Roth) Hausskn. in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 56: 332 (1911)
Heterotypic
- Avena brevis var. uniflora (Parl.) Drouet in Mém. Soc. Acad. Dép. Aube 30: 206 (1866)
- Avena mandoniana Coss. & Balansa in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 15: 185 (1868), nom. nud.
- Avena strigosa subsp. mandoniana Tab.Morais in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 12: 244 (1937)
- Avena uniflora Parl. in Pl. Nov.: 84 (1842)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Central Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Portugal, Spain
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Italy, NW. Balkan Pen.
- Introduced into:
  - Azores, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Great Britain, Madeira, Sweden

Roth, A.W. 1787. Botanische Abhandlungen und Beobachtungen. 68 pp + xii tab., Nürnberg: Iohann Iacob Winterschmidt. BHL Reference page. 42. 1787 (Tent. fl. Germ. 1:40. 1788)

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