Phleum arenarium

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: Phleinae
Genus: Phleum
Species: Phleum arenarium

Phleum arenarium L., Sp. Pl.: 60 (1753)

Homotypic
- Achnodon arenarius (L.) Link in Hort. Berol. 1: 65 (1827)
- Achnodonton arenarium (L.) Trin. in Gram. Unifl. Sesquifl.: 166 (1824)
- Chilochloa arenaria (L.) P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 37 (1812)
- Crypsis arenaria (L.) Desf. in Fl. Atlant. 1: 63 (1798)
- Phalaris arenaria (L.) Huds. in Fl. Angl.: 21 (1762)
- Phalaris phleoides var. arenaria (L.) Aiton in Hortus Kew. 1: 86 (1789)
- Plantinia arenaria (L.) Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 4: 273 (1901)
- Poa arenaria (L.) Willd. ex Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 342 (1824), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Phalaris phleoides Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 315 (1841), pro syn.
- Phleum arenarium subsp. caesium H.Scholz in Willdenowia 19: 407 (1990)
- Phleum arenarium f. filiformis Bolzon in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 20: 314 (1913)
- Phleum arenarium f. majus Bolzon in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 20: 314 (1913)
- Phleum arenarium f. minor Bolzon in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 20: 316 (1913)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regionalː Northern Europe
  - Baltic States, Denmark, Norway, Sweden
- Regionalː Central Europe
  - Belgium, Germany, Netherlands
- Regionalː Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Spain
- Regionalː Southeatern Europe
  - Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Sicilia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine
- Regionalː Western Europe
  - Great Britain, Ireland
Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regionalː Southwestern Asia
  - East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Palestine
- Introduced into:
  - Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Primorye, Western Australia
- Recorded in error in:
  - Greece

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USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Phleum arenarium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page.