Molineriella laevis

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: Helictochloinae
Genus: Molineriella
Species: Molineriella laevis

Name

Molineriella laevis Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 103. (1913)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Aira laevis Brot. in Fl. Lusit. 1: 90 (1804)
- Airopsis laevis (Brot.) P.Fourn. in Monde Pl. 35: 30 (1934)
- Deschampsia laevis (Brot.) Schult. in Mant. 2: 380 (1824)
- Molineria laevis (Brot.) Hack. in Cat. Rais. Gramin. Portugal: 17 (1880)
- Periballia laevis (Brot.) Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 297 (1899)
Heterotypic
- Aira elegans Willd. ex Gaudin in Agrost. Helv. 1: 355, 130 (1811), pro syn.
- Aira glabrata Brot. in Fl. Lusit. 1: 92 (1804)
- Aira lendigera Lag. in Varied. Ci. 2(4): 39 (1805)
- Aira lensaei Loisel. in Fl. Gall., ed. 2, 1: 58 (1828)
- Aira pulchella Willd. in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 101 (1809)
- Airella elegans Dumort. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 68 (1868), nom. superfl.
- Airopsis lendigera (Lag.) Lange in Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1860: 37 (1860)
- Avena elegans Asch. in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 3-4: 279 (1862), nom. nud.
- Deschampsia pulchella (Willd.) Trin. in Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 66 (1836)
- Molineria laevis var. glabrata (Brot.) Hack. in Cat. Rais. Gramin. Portugal: 17 (1880)
- Molineria lendigera (Lag.) Hack. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 27: 120 (1877)
- Molineriella laevis var. submutica Cebrino & Romero Zarco in Acta Bot. Malac. 42: 212 (2017)
- Salmasia elegans Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 4: 318 (1901)
- Salmasia lendigera (Lag.) Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 4: 407 (1901)
- Trisetum glabratum (Brot.) Schult. in Mant. 2: 369 (1824)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regionalː Southeastern Europe
  - Krym
- Regionalː Southwestern Europe
  - Portugal, Spain
Continental: Africa
- Regionalː Northern Africa
  - Morocco
- Introduced into:
  - Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, (1913). Flore de France: ou, Description des plantes qui croissent spontanément en France en Corse et en Alsace-Lorraine 14: 103.

Additional references

Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. 2010. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du Nord. Volume 1: Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Monocotyledoneae. Conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève, ISBN 978-2-8277-0120-9, 455 pp. PDF Reference page.
Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Molineriella laevis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 December 01. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Molineriella laevis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 December 2025. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Molineriella laevis. Published online. Accessed: December 01 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

español: barreplato, cosquillitas, piñerino