Avenella flexuosa

Avenella flexuosa

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: Avenella
Species: Avenella flexuosa

Name

Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer

• Type locality: "Europe"
• Lectotype: LINN 85.11
  • Designated by Clayton in Milne-Redhead & Polhill (1970; Fl. Trop. East Afr., Gramineae 1:94)

Synonyms

• Aira flexuosa L., 1753 (Sp. Pl. 1:65)
• Aira versicolor Roem. & Schult., 1817 (Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2:679)
  • Type locality: Portu Egmont, Falkland Islands
  • Holotype: L. Neé s.n. (MA; isotype BAA)
• Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin., 1836 (Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbg., Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 2(1):9)
• Aira vestita Steud., 1854 (Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1:424)
  • Type locality: Sandy Point, Chile
  • Holotype: W. Lechler 1193 (P; isotypes BAA, S, GOET; fragment US)
• Lerchenfeldia flexuosa (L.) Schur, 1866 (Enum. Pl. Transsilv.:753)
• Podianapus flexuosa (L.) Dulac, 1867 (Fl. Ht.-Pyrén.:83)
• Deschampsia martinii Phil., 1896 (Anales Univ. Chile 94:24)
  • Type locality: Argentina. “Insulis Maclovianis,”
  • Holotype: Martin s.n. (SGO; isotype BAA).
• Deschampsia tenella Phil., 1896 (Anales Univ. Chile 94:25), nom. illeg., non Deschampsia tenella Petrie, 1891
  • Type locality: "Valle fluminis Palena," Chile
  • Holotype: F. Delfin s.n. (SGO; fragment BAA)
• Deschampsia fuegina Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 94:23 (1896)
  • Type locality: "Hab. Fuegia Orientalis", Tierra del Fuego, Chile
  • Holotype: s.c. s.n. (SGO PHIL-208; isotype BAA; fragment US-556482)
• Salmasia flexuosa (L.) Bubani, 1901 (Fl. Pyren. 4:319)
• Deschampsia philippii Macloskie, 1906 (Rep. Princeton Univ. Exp. Patagon., Bot. 8:961; "philippi"), nom. nov. pro Deschampsia tenella Phil.
• Deschampsia macloviana Gand., 1913 (Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 60:28)
  • Type locality: "ad East F. Port Harriet", Falkland Islands
  • Holotype: C. Skottsberg 124 (S; fragment BAA).
• Deschampsia vestita (Steud.) Hauman, 1929 (Physis (Buenos Aires) 9:337)

References

• Drejer, S.T.N. 1837. Flora Excursoria Hafniensis. Kjøbenhavn 28:32.
• 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 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names

suomi: Metsälauha
Nederlands: Bochtige Smele

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