Molinia caerulea

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

Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench, Methodus: 183 (1794).

Basionym
- Aira caerulea L., Sp. Pl.: 63 (1753).
Homotypic
- Melica caerulea (L.) L., Mant. Pl. 2: 325 (1771).
- Poa caerulea (L.) Bernh., Syst. Verz. Erf.: 43 (1800).
- Festuca caerulea (L.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 46 (1805).
- Melica caerulea var. minor Schrad., Fl. Germ.: 270 (1806), nom. inval.
- Enodium caeruleum (L.) Gaudin, Agrost. Helv. 1: 145 (1811).
- Hydrochloa caerulea (L.) Hartm., Gen. Gram.: 8 (1819).
- Enodium sylvaticum Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 80 (1821), nom. superfl.
- Molinia caerulea var. sylvatica Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 110 (1821).
- Cynodon caeruleus (L.) Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 302 (1825).
- Molinia sylvatica Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 197 (1827), nom. superfl.
- Molinia caerulea var. sylvatica Dur.-Duq., Coup-d'oil Vég. Arrond. Lisieux Pont-Lévêque: 112 (1846), nom. inval.
- Amblytes caerulea (L.) Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 80 (1867).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, 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, Türkiye-in-Europe, Northwest Balkan Peninsula.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - West Siberia.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Lebanon-Syria, Türkiye.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan (introduced).
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Oregon.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.

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Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Molinia caerulea. Accessed: 15 August 2022. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Molinia caerulea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 August 2022. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Molinia caerulea. Published online. Accessed: August 15 2022. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Molinia caerulea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Molinia caerulea in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Sep 11.Reference page.