Koeleria macrantha

Koeleria macrantha

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: Aveninae
Genus: Koeleria
Species: Koeleria macrantha
Subspecies: K. m. subsp. macrantha – K. m. subsp. transsilvanica

Name

Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult., Mant. 2: 345. (1824)

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Aira macrantha Ledeb., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg Hist. Acad. 5: 515 (1812)
  • Homotypic
    • Koeleria cristata var. macrantha (Ledeb.) Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 402 (1852)
    • Koeleria cristata subsp. macrantha (Ledeb.) Rothm., Excurs. Deutschl., ed. 7, 4: 34 (1963)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Cosmopolitan
    • Regional: Temp. Northern Hemisphere
      • Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Washington, West Himalaya, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yemen, Yukon
    • Introduced into:
      • Hawaii, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • 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. 

Vernacular names

  • English: Prairie Junegrass
  • suomi: Hentotoppo
  • hornjoserbsce: Šwižna šěrawka
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