Avenella (Poaceae)

Avenella flexuosa

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: Avenella
Species: A. flexuosa – A. foliosa

Name

Avenella Bluff ex Drejer, Fl. Excurs. Hafn. xxiv, 32 (1838).

• Type species: Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer, Fl. Excurs. Hafn. xxiv, 32 (1838).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Aira sect. Avenella Bluff & Fingerh., Comp. Fl. German., ed. 2, 1(1): 139 (1836).
    • Deschampsia sect. Avenella (Bluff & Fingerh.) W.D.J.Koch ex Griseb. in C.F. von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 419 (1852).
  • Avenella Koch ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 173 (1840), pro syn.
  • Avenella Parl., Fl. Ital. (Savi) 1(2): 244 (1848), isonym.
  • Lerchenfeldia Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 753 (1866), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Borneo, Bulgaria, Burundi, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Illinois, Indiana, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Québec, Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vermont, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yugoslavia, Zaïre Introduced into: Alaska, Aleutian Is., Brazil South, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Colorado, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Hawaii, Idaho, Mexico Central, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Oregon, Rhode I., South Georgia, Tristan da Cunha, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Drejer, S.T.N. 1838. Flora Excursoria Hafniensis. lxvi + 339 pp. Sumtibus Librairiæ Schubothianæ, Kjøbenhavn. Google Books. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chiapella, J. & Zuloaga, F.O. 2010. A Revision of Deschampsia, Avenella, and Vahlodea (Poaceae, Poeae, Airinae) in South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97(2): 141–162. DOI: 10.3417/2008115 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Veldkamp, J.F. 2015. An attempt to unravel the synonymy of Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer (Gramineae). Plant Diversity and Evolution 131(4): 239–262. DOI: 10.1127/pde/2015/0131-0084 Abstract PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Avenella. Accessed: 2024 October 20.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Avenella in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 September 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Avenella. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 October 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Avenella. Published online. Accessed: 15 April 2017. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Avenella. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 October 2024. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• čeština: Metlička
• English: Hairgrass
• suomi: Metsälauhat
• norsk bokmål: Smyleslekta
• norsk nynorsk: Smyleslekta
• norsk: Smyleslekta

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