Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa

Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa

Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa

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: Aristaveninae
Genus: Deschampsia
Species: Deschampsia cespitosa
Subspecies: Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa

Name

Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P.Beauv. subsp. cespitosa, autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Aira altissima Lam., Fl. Franç. 3: 581 (1779).
    • Avena cespitosa altissima (Lam.) Kuntze, Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 45 (1867).
  • Aira festucoides Vill., Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné: 16 (1779).
  • Calamagrostis arundo Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 33 (1788).
  • Aira paludosa Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(1): 96 (1789).
    • Calamagrostis paludosa (Roth) Paxton, Pocket Bot. Dict.: 103 (1840).
  • Aira cespitosa var. maxima Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(1): 97 (1789).
  • Aira breviaristata Gilib., Excerc. Phyt. 2: 528 (1792), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Aira altissima Moench, Methodus: 182 (1794), nom. illeg.
  • Aira ambigua Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 61 (1803).
    • Deschampsia ambigua (Michx.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 91 (1812).
    • Aira cespitosa var. ambigua (Michx.) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 77 (1813).
  • Aira bottnica Wahlenb., Fl. Lapp.: 36 (1812).
    • Deschampsia bottnica (Wahlenb.) Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 158 (1820).
    • Aira cespitosa var. bottnica Rothr., Rep. (Annual) Board Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1867: 458 (1872 publ. 1870).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. bottnica (Wahlenb.) Tzvelev, Zlaki SSSR: 281 (1976).
  • Aira cespitosa var. vivipara Le Turq., Fl. Env. Rouen: 36 (1816).
  • Aira caespitosa Muhl., Descr. Gram.: 85 (1817), nom. illeg.
  • Aira brevifolia M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 63 (1819), nom. illeg.
  • Deschampsia glauca Hartm., Handb. Skand. Fl.: 448 (1820).
    • Aira cespitosa var. glauca (Hartm.) Hartm., Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 2: 25 (1832).
    • Aira glauca Hartm. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 44 (1840), pro syn.
    • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. glauca (Hartm.) Hartm., Sv. Norsk Exc.-Fl.: 15 (1846).
    • Aira cespitosa subsp. glauca Hartm., Sv. Norsk Exc.-Fl.: 16 (1846).
    • Aira cespitosa var. glauca Hartm., Sv. Norsk Exc.-Fl., ed. 4: 16 (1866).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. glauca (Hartm.) Lindm., Sv. Fanerogamfl.: 81 (1918), nom. illeg.
  • Aira glomerata G.Don ex Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 137 (1821 publ. 1822), pro syn.
    • Deschampsia glomerata G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 28 (1830).
  • Deschampsia doniana Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 137 (1821 publ. 1822).
  • Deschampsia laevigata var. vivipara Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 136 (1821 publ. 1822).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. vivipara Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 137 (1821 publ. 1822).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. argentea Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 137 (1821 publ. 1822).
  • Aira aristulata Torr., Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 132 (1823).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. major Schltdl., Fl. Berol. 1: 51 (1823).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. minor Schltdl., Fl. Berol. 1: 51 (1823).
  • Deschampsia biebersteiniana Schult., Mant. 2: 380 (1824).
  • Aira cespitosa var. virescens Wimm. & Grab., Fl. Siles. 1: 60 (1827).
  • Aira cespitosa var. varia Wimm. & Grab., Fl. Siles. 1: 60 (1827).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. varia Wimm., Fl. Schles., ed. 3: 43 (1857).
  • Aira cespitosa var. aurea Wimm. & Grab., Fl. Siles. 1: 60 (1827).
  • Aira cespitosa var. firmula Wimm. & Grab., Fl. Siles. 1: 60 (1827).
  • Aira cespitosa var. humilior Roth, Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1: 252 (1827).
  • Campella cespitosa var. brevifolia Link, Hort. Reg. Bot. Berol. 1: 122 (1827).
  • Aira cespitosa var. alpina Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 1: 323 (1828).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. alpina (Gaudin) Godr. in J.C.M.Grenier & G.Gordon, Fl. France Corse 3: 507 (1856).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. alpina (Gaudin) Ducommun, Taschenb. Schweiz. Bot.: 861 (1869), nom. illeg.
  • Aira cespitosa var. littoralis Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 1: 323 (1828).
    • Aira littoralis (Gaudin) Godet, Fl. Jura: 803 (1853).
    • Deschampsia littoralis (Gaudin) Reut., Cat. Pl. Vasc. Genève, ed. 2: 236 (1861).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. littoralis (Gaudin) Gremli, Excursionsfl. Schweiz, ed. 3: 401 (1878).
    • Aira alpina subsp. littoralis (Gaudin) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 293 (1899).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa proles littoralis (Gaudin) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 113 (1913).
  • Aira cespitosa var. versicolor Lej. & Courtois, Comp. Fl. Belg. 1: 68 (1828).
  • Aira cespitosa var. brevifolia Hartm., Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 2: 25 (1832).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. minor Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 287 (1833), nom. illeg.
  • Aira triflora Friv., Flora 19: 433 (1836), nom. illeg.
  • Aira cespitosa var. fluviatilis G.Mey., Chloris Han.: 639 (1836).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. argentea Tinant, Fl. Luxemb.: 63 (1836).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. brevifolia Tinant, Fl. Luxemb.: 63 (1836).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. lutescens Tinant, Fl. Luxemb.: 63 (1836).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. viridis Tinant, Fl. Luxemb.: 63 (1836).
  • Aira alpina Hegetschw., Fl. Schweiz: 71 (1838), nom. illeg.
  • Aira cespitosa f. tenera Peterm., Fl. Lips. Excurs.: 102 (1838).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa f. tenera (Peterm.) Soó, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 120 (1971 publ. 1972).
  • Aira cespitosa var. altissima Peterm., Fl. Lips. Excurs.: 102 (1838).
  • Deschampsia brevifolia var. major Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer., Bot. N. Brit. Amer. 1: 242 (1840).
  • Deschampsia pulchra Nees & Meyen in C.G.D.Nees von Esenbeck, Gramineae: 24 (1841).
    • Aira pulchra (Nees & Meyen) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 220 (1854).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. pulchra (Nees & Meyen) Nicora, Darwiniana 18: 101 (1973).
  • Aira cespitosa var. pallescens Döll, Rhein. Fl.: 105 (1843).
  • Deschampsia wahlenbergiana Scheele, Flora 27: 56 (1844), nom. superfl.
  • Aira cespitosa var. setifolia W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 914 (1844).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. setifolia (W.D.J.Koch) Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 421 (1853).
  • Aira cespitosa var. longiaristata Parn., Grass. Britain: 234 (1845).
  • Aira cespitosa var. brevifolia Parn., Grass. Britain: 236 (1845), nom. illeg.
  • Aira australis Raoul, Choix Pl. Nouv.-Zél.: 12 (1846).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. colorata Griseb., Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 457 (1846).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. grandiflora Trautv. in A.T.von Middendorff, Reise Sibir. 1(2; 1): 19 (1847).
  • Aira neutralis Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 1: 932 (1849), orth. var.
  • Aira cespitosa var. montana Rchb., Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2, 1: 18 (1850).
  • Deschampsia latifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 413 (1850).
    • Aira latifolia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 219 (1854), nom. illeg.
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. latifolia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Hook.f., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 229 (1864).
  • Aira stolonifera Hausm., Fl. Tirol 2: 890 (1852).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. variegata Opiz, Seznam: 37 (1852).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa f. variegata (Opiz) Beetle, Phytologia 38: 174 (1978).
  • Czerniaevia melicoides Turcz. ex Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 422 (1852), pro syn.
  • Deschampsia aenea Trin. ex Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 421 (1852), pro syn.
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. brevifolia Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 421 (1852), nom. illeg.
  • Deschampsia grandis Besser ex Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 422 (1852), pro syn.
  • Deschampsia bottnica var. grandis Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 422 (1852).
  • Deschampsia bottnica var. melicoides Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 422 (1852).
  • Deschampsia brevifolia var. pumila Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 442 (1852).
    • Deschampsia pumila (Griseb.) Ostenf., Meddel. Grønland 64: 169 (1923).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. wibeliana Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 421 (1852).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. aurata Opiz, Seznam: 37 (1852).
  • Aira biebersteinii Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 219 (1854), nom. superfl.
  • Triodia splendida Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 249 (1854).
  • Aira cespitosa f. alpestris Kirschl., Fl. Alsace 2: 317 (1855).
  • Aira cespitosa var. purpurea Bellynck, Fl. Namur: 297 (1855).
  • Aira cespitosa var. violascens Bellynck, Fl. Namur: 297 (1855).
  • Aira andraei Auersw. ex Andrae, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 14: 205 (1856).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. andraei (Schur) Simonk., Enum. Fl. Transsilv.: 571 (1887).
    • Aira cespitosa var. andraei (Auersw. ex Andrae) Grecescu, Consp. Fl. Roman. 2: 457 (1898).
  • Aira cespitosa var. major Neilr., Fl. Nied.-Oesterr.: 54 (1859), nom. illeg.
  • Aira cespitosa var. minor Neilr., Fl. Nied.-Oesterr.: 54 (1859).
  • Deschampsia alpigena Schur, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 326 (1859), pro syn.
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. brachyphylla Schur, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 329 (1859).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. flavescens Schur, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 327 (1859).
  • Aira cespitosa var. humilis Blytt, Norges Fl. 1: 99 (1861).
  • Deschampsia montana Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 753 (1866), pro syn.
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. montana (Schur) Vasey ex Beal, Grass. N. Amer. 2: 369 (1896).
  • Deschampsia andraei Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 753 (1866).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa proles andraei (Schur) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 113 (1913).
  • Deschampsia andraei var. montana Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 753 (1866).
  • Aira cespitosa var. vulgaris Alef., Landw. Fl.: 347 (1866).
  • Aira cespitosa var. hoppeana Alef., Landw. Fl.: 347 (1866).
  • Aira cespitosa var. vivipara Alef., Landw. Fl.: 347 (1866).
  • Avena cespitosa f. vivipara Kuntze, Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 45 (1867).
  • Aira cespitosa var. lutescens Plues, Brit. Grass.: 169 (1867).
  • Aira cespitosa var. barbata Willk., Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1869: 6 (1869).
  • Aira cespitosa var. subtriflora Willk., Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1869: 6 (1869).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. coarctata Regel, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 41(II): 300 (1869).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. altissima T.Marsson, Fl. Neu-Vorpommern.: 567 (1869).
  • Aira cespitosa var. borealis Trautv., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 1: 86 (1871).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. borealis (Trautv.) Trautv., Izv. Imp. Bot. Sada Petra Velikago 14(Suppl. 2): 63 (1915).
    • Deschampsia borealis (Trautv.) Roshev. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 2: 750 (1934).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. borealis (Trautv.) Tzvelev, Fl. Evropeískoí Chasti SSSR 1: 210 (1974).
    • Deschampsia sukatschewii subsp. borealis (Trautv.) Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 32: 182 (2000).
  • Deschampsia versicolor Arv.-Touv., Essai Pl. Dauphiné: 68 (1871).
  • Aira cespitosa var. pseudalpina Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 11: 63-6 (1872).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. pseudalpina (Syme) Druce, J. Bot. 26: 17 (1888).
  • Deschampsia andina Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 43: 564 (1873).
  • Aira cespitosa var. submutica Trautv., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 141 (1877).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. submutica (Trautv.) Tzvelev, Zlaki SSSR: 282 (1976).
    • Deschampsia submutica (Trautv.) O.D.Nikif., Fl. Sibir. 2: 90 (1990).
  • Aira cespitosa var. montana Vasey in J.J.Rothrock, Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler 6(Botany): 294 (1878 publ. 1879), nom. illeg.
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. glauca Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 637 (1881).
  • Aira grandis Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 807 (1882), pro syn.
  • Aira litoralis Godr. ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 807 (1882), pro syn.
  • Aira cespitosa subsp. hartmaniana Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 807 (1882).
    • Aira cespitosa subsp. hartmanniana Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 807 (1882).
    • Aira hartmaniana (Nyman) B.D.Jacks., Index Kew. 1: 68 (1893).
  • Aira cespitosa var. reptans Borbás, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 32: 105 (1882).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa f. reptans (Borbás) Soó, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 120 (1971 publ. 1972).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. maritima Vasey, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 48 (1888).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. variegata St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 918 (1889), nom. illeg.
  • Deschampsia rhenana Gremli, Excursionsfl. Schweiz, ed. 6: 451 (1889).
    • Aira cespitosa subsp. rhenana (Gremli) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2(2): 807 (1890).
    • Deschampsia littoralis var. rhenana (Gremli) Hack., Mitt. Bad. Bot. Vereins 1899: 317 (1899).
    • Aira littoralis subvar. rhenana (Gremli) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 293 (1899).
    • Aira alpina var. rhenana (Gremli) Brand in W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 3: 2731 (1907).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. rhenana (Gremli) P.Fourn., Quatre Fl. France: 54 (1934).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. rhenana (Gremli) Kerguélen, Lejeunia, n.s., 110: 56 (1983).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. gaudinii K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 56 (1890).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. gaudinii (K.Richt.) Husn., Graminées: 34 (1897).
    • Deschampsia gaudinii (K.Richt.) Landolt, Fl. Indicativa: 268 (2010).
  • Aira chrysophaena Porcius, Analele Acad. Române, ser. 2, 14: 291 (1892).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. arctica Vasey, Bull. Div. Bot. U.S.D.A. 13(1): t. 45 (1892).
  • Deschampsia penicillata Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 354 (1894 publ. 1895).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. strictior Kurtz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 421 (1894).
  • Aira micans Jacq. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 273 (1896), pro syn.
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. longiflora Beal, Grass. N. Amer. 2: 369 (1896), nom. superfl.
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. confinis Beal, Grass. N. Amer. 2: 369 (1896).
    • Deschampsia confinis (Beal) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 533 (1909).
  • Aira cespitosa var. convoluta Legrand, Bull. Soc. Bot. Rochelaise 1899: 36 (1899).
    • Deschampsia convoluta (Legrand) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 112 (1913).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. breviaristata Husn., Graminées: 88 (1899).
    • Deschampsia breviaristata (Husn.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 113 (1913).
  • Aira hybrida Figert, Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 18: 40 (1900), nom. illeg.
  • Deschampsia brachyphylla Nash, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 37 (1900), nom. illeg.
  • Agrostis gredensis Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 52: 460 (1905).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. gredensis Vivant, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 125: 318 (1978).
    • Deschampsia refracta subsp. gredensis (Vivant) Cervi & Romo, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 12: 87 (1981).
    • Deschampsia gredensis (Gand.) Castrov., Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 39: 210 (1982).
    • Deschampsia hispanica subsp. gredensis (Gand.) Rivas Mart., Fern.Gonz. & Sánchez Mata, Opusc. Bot. Pharm. Complut. 2: 108 (1986).
  • Aira cespitosa var. compacta Waisb., Magyar Bot. Lapok 4: 69 (1905).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa f. compacta (Waisb.) Soó, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 120 (1971 publ. 1972).
  • Deschampsia alpicola Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 601 (1905).
    • Aira alpicola (Rydb.) Rydb., Fl. Rocky Mts., ed. 2: 1112 (1922).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. alpicola (Rydb.) Á.Löve, D.Löve & B.M.Kapoor, Arctic Alpine Res. 3(2): 143 (1971).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. altissima Volkart in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 1: 244 (1906), nom. illeg.
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. macrantha Hack. in T.F.Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl.: 876 (1906).
  • Poa evagans Simmons, Vasc. Pl. Ellesmereland: 165 (1906).
  • Aira × neumaniana Dörfl., Exsicc. (Herb. Norm.) 1911: n.° 5367 (1911), nom. nud.
  • Deschampsia pungens Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 103 (1912).
    • Aira pungens (Rydb.) Rydb., Fl. Rocky Mts., ed. 2: 1112 (1922).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. pungens (Rydb.) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 75: 84 (1948).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. reichenbachii Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 112 (1913).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. coreensis Hack. ex Nakai, Saishu-to Kuan-to Shokubutsu Hokoku-sho [Fl. Quelpaert Isl.]: 19 (1914).
  • Deschampsia chinensis Y.Yabe, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 29: 238 (1915).
  • Trisetum leve Takeda, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 237 (1915).
  • Aira turczaninowii Litv., Spisok Rast. Gerb. Russk. Fl. Bot. Muz. Rossiisk. Akad. Nauk 8: 158 (1922).
    • Deschampsia turczaninowii (Litv.) Roshev. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 2: 246 (1934).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. turczaninowii (Litv.) Tzvelev, Zlaki SSSR: 281 (1976).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa f. triflora Holmb., Bot. Not. 1926: 397 (1926).
  • Deschampsia bottnica f. subtriflora Holmb., Bot. Not. 1926: 181 (1926).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. minor Kom., Fl. Kamtschatka 1: 152 (1927), nom. illeg.
  • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. festucifolia Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41: 666 (1927).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. orientalis Hultén, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 3, 5(1): 109 (1927).
    • Deschampsia sukatschewii subsp. orientalis (Hultén) Tzvelev, Arktichesk. Fl. SSSR 2: 85 (1964).
    • Deschampsia orientalis (Hultén) B.S.Sun, Fl. Yunnanica 9: 341 (2003).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. festucifolia Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41: 635 (1927).
  • Deschampsia takedana Honda, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41: 385 (1927).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. altaica Schischk. in P.N.Krylov, Fl. Zapadnoi Sibiri 2: 231 (1928).
    • Deschampsia altaica (Schischk.) O.D.Nikif., Fl. Sibir. 2: 88 (1990).
  • Deschampsia alpina subsp. andraei P.Fourn., Fl. Compl. Plaine Franç.: 581 (1928).
  • Aira sukatschewii Popl., Ochr. Fitos. Fitogeogr.: 382 (1929).
    • Deschampsia sukatschewii (Popl.) Roshev. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 2: 246 (1934).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. sukatschewii (Popl.) Chiapella & Prob., Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 142: 224 (2003).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. microstachya Roshev., Fl. Zabaical. 1: 67 (1929).
  • Deschampsia crassifolia Font Quer & Maire in M.L.Emberger & R.C.J.Maire, Fl. Marocc. Nov. 3: 8 (1930).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. crassifolia (Font Quer & Maire) Maire, Fl. Afrique N. 2: 233 (1953).
  • Deschampsia paramushirensis Honda, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 140 (1930).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. paramushirensis (Honda) Tzvelev, Zlaki SSSR: 283 (1976).
  • Deschampsia obensis Roshev., Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 771 (1932).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. obensis (Roshev.) Tzvelev, Fl. Evropeískoí Chasti SSSR 1: 210 (1974).
  • Deschampsia aleutica Tatew. & Ohwi, J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 36: 95 (1934).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. mannii C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 311 (1935).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. oliveri C.E.Hubb., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 310 (1935).
  • Deschampsia mackenzieana Raup, J. Arnold Arbor. 17: 205 (1936).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. mackenzieana (Raup) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 94: 524 (1967).
  • Deschampsia anadyrensis V.N.Vassil., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 8: 68 (1940).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. anadyrensis (V.N.Vassil.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Bot. Not. 128: 503 (1975 publ. 1976).
  • Deschampsia komarovii V.N.Vassil., Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 8: 214 (1940).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. komarovii (V.N.Vassil.) Tzvelev, Zlaki SSSR: 283 (1976).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. macrothyrsa Tatew. & Ohwi, J. Jap. Bot. 17: 448 (1941).
    • Deschampsia macrothyrsa (Tatew. & Ohwi) Kawano, Canad. J. Bot. 41: 740 (1963).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. macrothyrsa (Tatew. & Ohwi) Tzvelev, Zlaki SSSR: 282 (1976).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. atlantis Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 33: 92 (1942).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. intercotidalis B.Boivin, Canad. Field-Naturalist 65: 17 (1951).
  • Deschampsia neumaniana Hyl., Bot. Not. 1953: 356 (1953).
  • Deschampsia ivanovae Tzvelev, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 21: 49 (1961).
    • Deschampsia littoralis var. ivanovae (Tzvelev) P.C.Kuo & Z.L.Wu, Fl. Xizang. 5: 194 (1987).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. ivanovae (Tzvelev) S.M.Phillips & Z.L.Wu, Fl. China 22: 333 (2006).
  • Deschampsia beringensis var. kurilensis Kawano, Canad. J. Bot. 41: 739 (1963), without indication of the type.
    • Deschampsia kurilensis (Kawano) Tzvelev & Prob., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 95: 859 (2010).
  • Deschampsia sukatschewii subsp. minor Tzvelev, Arktichesk. Fl. SSSR 2: 85 (1964).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. alpicola Chrtek & V.Jirásek, Acta Univ. Carol., Biol. 3: 207 (1965).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa f. alpicola (Chrtek & V.Jirásek) Soó, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 120 (1971 publ. 1972).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. abbei B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 94: 523 (1967).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa monstr. kuntzei Soó, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 120 (1971 publ. 1972).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. levis (Takeda) Nosaka, J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Imp. Univ., Ser. 5, Bot. 9: 247 (1974).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. orientalis Tzvelev, Zlaki SSSR: 282 (1976), without a Latin descr.
  • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. gredensis Vivant, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 125: 318 (1978).
    • Deschampsia refracta subsp. gredensis (Vivant) Cervi & Romo, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 12: 87 (1981).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. hispanica Vivant, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 125: 318 (1978).
    • Deschampsia hispanica (Vivant) Cervi & Romo, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 12: 82 (1981).
    • Deschampsia media subsp. hispanica (Vivant) O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 17: 96 (1987 publ. 1988).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa var. hispanica (Vivant) Cebolla, Lozano & López Rodr., Fontqueria 49: 23 (1997).
  • Deschampsia hispanica f. neilensis Cervi & Romo, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 12: 85 (1981).
  • Deschampsia hispanica var. burebana Cervi & Romo, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 12: 85 (1981).
  • Deschampsia hispanica var. iberica Cervi & Romo, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 12: 85 (1981).
    • Deschampsia media var. iberica (Cervi & Romo) O.Bolòs & Vigo, Fl. Països Catalans 4: 486 (2001).
  • Deschampsia austrobohemica Deyl, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 19: 101 (1984).
    • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. austrobohemica (Deyl) Conert in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 3, 1(3; 4): 308 (1987).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa var. exaristata Z.L.Wu, Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 2: 15 (1984).
  • Deschampsia multiflora P.C.Kuo & Z.L.Wu, Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 2: 13 (1984).
  • Deschampsia tzvelevii Prob., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 69: 255 (1984).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. pyrenaica Romo, Folia Bot. Misc. 5: 25 (1986).
  • Deschampsia vodopjanovae O.D.Nikif., Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 72: 1666 (1987).
  • Deschampsia tzvelevii var. vivipara Prob., Fl. Ross. Dal'nego Vostoka: 444 (2006).
  • Deschampsia kaschinae Stepanov, Fl. N.E. W. Sayan: 128 (2006).
  • Deschampsia hybridogena Tzvelev, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 95: 860 (2010).
  • Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. scardica F.K.Mey., Haussknechtia, Beih., 15: 29 (2011).
  • Deschampsia turczaninowii var. pseudovivipara Prob. & Enustsch., Zlaki Rossii: 188 (2019).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Portugal, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon, Congo, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, DR Congo. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Lesotho (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Türkiye. Regional: China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, South Australia (introduced), Tasmania, Victoria. Regional: New Zealand Antipodean Islands, Chatham Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii (introduced). Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast. Continental: Southern America (introduced) Regional: Western South America Bolivia. Regional: Brazil Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile South. Continental: Antarctic Regional: Subantarctic Islands Macquarie Islands, South Georgia (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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. 
• Chiapella, J. 2000. The Deschampsia cespitosa complex in central and northern Europe: A morphological analysis. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 134(4): 495–512. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2000.tb00547.x Reference page. 
• Chiapella, J. & Probatova, N.S. 2003. The Deschampsia cespitosa complex (Poaceae: Aveneae) with special reference to Russia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 142(2): 213–228. DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.00167.x Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 November 08. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. cespitosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 November 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. 08. Published online. Accessed: November 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• dansk: Mose-Bunke
• Deutsch: Rasen-Schmiele
• English: Tufted Hair-grass
• Esperanto: Malglata deskampsio
• suomi: Nurmilauha
• Nordfriisk: Wiasem
• français: Canche cespiteuse
• magyar: Gyepes sédbúza
• íslenska: Snarrótarpuntur
• Nederlands: Ruwe Smele
• polski: Śmiałek darniowy
• русский: Щучка, Луговик дернистый

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