Koeleria pyramidata

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

Koeleria pyramidata (Lam.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 166 (1812)

Homotypic
- Brachystylus cristatus Dulac in Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 85 (1867), nom. superfl.
- Koeleria ciliata var. pyramidata (Lam.) Domin in Magyar Bot. Lapok 2: 255 (1904)
- Koeleria cristata Pers. in Syn. Pl. 1: 97 (1805), nom. superfl.
- Koeleria cristata subsp. pyramidata (Lam.) Schinz & R.Keller in Fl. Schweiz, ed. 3, 2: 31 (1914)
- Koeleria cristata var. pyramidata (Lam.) Pers. in Syn. Pl. 1: 97 (1805)
- Poa pyramidata Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 183 (1791)
Heterotypic
- Koeleria cristata var. rupestris Dierb. in Mag. Pharm. 10: 15 (1825)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regional: Eurasia
  - Afghanistan, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutiya
- Introduced into:
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Sweden

Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. lxxiv + 182+ 16 pp. + xxv pl., Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page. 84, 116.

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