Agrostis L.
Distribution
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Amur, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, Sinai, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Chatham Is., Crozet Is., Easter Is., Jamaica, Kerguelen, Marion-Prince Edward, Marquesas, New Caledonia, Norfolk Is., Samoa, South Australia, South Georgia, St.Helena
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Vilfa Adans. in Fam. Pl. 2: 495, 618 (1763), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Agraulus P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 5 (1812)
- Agrestis Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 4: 281 (1901)
- Anomalotis Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 198 (1854)
- Bromidium Nees & Meyen in C.G.D.Nees von Esenbeck, Gramineae: 22 (1841)
- Candollea Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 273 (1840)
- Chaetopogon Janch. in Eur. Gatt. Farn. Bl.-Pfl., ed. 2: 33 (1913)
- Chaeturus Link in J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 313 (1800)
- Decandolia T.Bastard in Essai Fl. Maine et Loire: 28 (1809)
- Didymochaeta Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 185 (1854)
- Linkagrostis Romero García, Blanca & C.Morales in Candollea 42: 383 (1987)
- Neoschischkinia Tzvelev in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 53: 309 (1968)
- Notonema Raf. in Bull. Bot. (Geneva) 1: 220 (1830)
- Pentatherum Nábelek in Spisy Přír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 111: 8 (1929)
- Senisetum Honda in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 371 (1932)
- Trichodium Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 41 (1803)
Accepted Species
- Agrostis ambatoensis Asteg.
- Agrostis × amurensis Prob.
- Agrostis anadyrensis Soczava
- Agrostis angrenica (Butkov) Tzvelev
- Agrostis arvensis Phil.
- Agrostis atlantica Maire & Trab.
- Agrostis australiensis Mez
- Agrostis × avatschensis Prob.
- Agrostis balansae (Boiss.) Tzvelev
- Agrostis barikii P.Agnihotri & D.Prasad
- Agrostis basalis Luces
- Agrostis bergiana Trin.
- Agrostis bettyae S.W.L.Jacobs
- Agrostis × bjoerkmannii Widén
- Agrostis blasdalei Hitchc.
- Agrostis boormanii Vickery
- Agrostis bourgaei E.Fourn.
- Agrostis boyacensis Swallen & García-Barr.
- Agrostis brachiata Munro ex Hook.f.
- Agrostis brachyathera Steud.
- Agrostis breviculmis Hitchc.
- Agrostis burmanica Bor
- Agrostis calderoniae Acosta
- Agrostis canina L.
- Agrostis capillaris L.
- Agrostis carmichaelii Schult. & Schult.f.
- Agrostis castellana Boiss. & Reut.
- Agrostis × castriferrei Waisb.
- Agrostis clavata Trin.
- Agrostis × clavatiformis Prob.
- Agrostis clemensiorum Bor
- Agrostis comorensis A.Camus
- Agrostis congestiflora Tutin & E.F.Warb.
- Agrostis continuata Stapf
- Agrostis cypricola H.Lindb.
- Agrostis czernjaginae Prob.
- Agrostis decaryana A.Camus
- Agrostis delislei Hemsl.
- Agrostis densiflora Vasey
- Agrostis diemenica D.I.Morris
- Agrostis × dimorpholemma Ohwi
- Agrostis divaricatissima Mez
- Agrostis dshungarica (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
- Agrostis dyeri Petrie
- Agrostis elliotii Hack.
- Agrostis elliottiana Schult.
- Agrostis emirnensis (Baker) Bosser
- Agrostis exarata Trin.
- Agrostis filipes Hook.f.
- Agrostis flaccida Hack.
- Agrostis foliata Hook.f.
- Agrostis gariana Taheri
- Agrostis ghiesbreghtii E.Fourn.
- Agrostis gigantea Roth
- Agrostis × gigantifera Portal
- Agrostis glabra (J.Presl) Kunth
- Agrostis goughensis C.E.Hubb.
- Agrostis gracilifolia C.E.Hubb.
- Agrostis gracililaxa Franco
- Agrostis griffithiana (Hook.f.) Bor
- Agrostis hallii Vasey
- Agrostis × hegetschweileri Brügger
- Agrostis hendersonii Hitchc.
- Agrostis hesperica Romero García, Blanca, G.López & C.Morales
- Agrostis hideoi Ohwi
- Agrostis hirta Veldkamp
- Agrostis holgateana C.E.Hubb.
- Agrostis hookeriana C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.
- Agrostis hooveri Swallen
- Agrostis howellii Scribn. ex Vasey
- Agrostis hugoniana Rendle
- Agrostis humbertii A.Camus
- Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
- Agrostis hygrometrica Nees
- Agrostis idahoensis Nash
- Agrostis imbecilla Zotov
- Agrostis imberbis Phil.
- Agrostis inaequiglumis Griseb.
- Agrostis inconspicua Kunze
- Agrostis infirma Buse
- Agrostis innominata Enustsch.
- Agrostis insularis Rúgolo & A.M.Molina
- Agrostis isopholis C.E.Hubb.
- Agrostis jahnii Luces
- Agrostis joyceae S.W.L.Jacobs
- Agrostis juressi Link
- Agrostis keniensis Pilg.
- Agrostis kilimandscharica Mez
- Agrostis koelerioides É.Desv.
- Agrostis kolymensis Kuvaev & A.P.Khokhr.
- Agrostis korczaginii Senjan.-Korcz.
- Agrostis kurczenkoae Prob.
- Agrostis lacuna-vernalis P.M.Peterson & Soreng
- Agrostis laegaardii A.M.Molina & Rúgolo
- Agrostis × lapenkoi Prob.
- Agrostis laxissima Swallen
- Agrostis lazica Balansa
- Agrostis lehmannii Swallen
- Agrostis lenis Roseng.
- Agrostis leptotricha É.Desv.
- Agrostis longiberbis Hack. ex Lor.B.Sm.
- Agrostis mackliniae Bor
- Agrostis mannii (Hook.f.) Stapf
- Agrostis marojejyensis A.Camus
- Agrostis masafuerana Pilg.
- Agrostis media Carmich.
- Agrostis mertensii Trin.
- Agrostis merxmuelleri Greuter & H.Scholz
- Agrostis meyenii Trin.
- Agrostis micrantha Steud.
- Agrostis microphylla Steud.
- Agrostis montevidensis Spreng. ex Nees
- Agrostis muelleriana Vickery
- Agrostis munroana Aitch. & Hemsl.
- Agrostis × murbeckii Fouill.
- Agrostis muscosa Kirk
- Agrostis musjidii Rajesw., R.R.Rao & Arti Garg
- Agrostis nebulosa Boiss. & Reut.
- Agrostis nervosa Nees ex Trin.
- Agrostis neshatajevae Prob.
- Agrostis nevadensis Boiss.
- Agrostis nevskii Tzvelev
- Agrostis novogaliciana McVaugh
- Agrostis × novograblenovii Prob.
- Agrostis olympica (Boiss.) Bor
- Agrostis oregonensis Vasey
- Agrostis oresbia Edgar
- Agrostis osakae Honda
- Agrostis pallens Trin.
- Agrostis pallescens Cheeseman
- Agrostis × paramushirensis Prob.
- Agrostis parviflora R.Br.
- Agrostis paulsenii Hack.
- Agrostis pendryi Paszko
- Agrostis peninsularis Hook.f.
- Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.
- Agrostis personata Edgar
- Agrostis peschkovae Enustsch.
- Agrostis petriei Hack.
- Agrostis philippiana Rúgolo & De Paula
- Agrostis pilgeriana C.E.Hubb.
- Agrostis pilosula Trin.
- Agrostis pittieri Hack.
- Agrostis platensis Parodi
- Agrostis pleiophylla Mez
- Agrostis pourretii Willd.
- Agrostis producta Pilg.
- Agrostis propinqua S.W.L.Jacobs
- Agrostis quinqueseta (Steud.) Hochst.
- Agrostis reuteri Boiss.
- Agrostis rossiae Vasey
- Agrostis rupestris All.
- Agrostis salaziensis C.Cordem.
- Agrostis salsa Korsh.
- Agrostis sandwicensis Hildebr.
- Agrostis × sanionis Asch. & Graebn.
- Agrostis scabra Willd.
- Agrostis scabrifolia Swallen
- Agrostis schaffneri E.Fourn.
- Agrostis schischkinii Paszko
- Agrostis schmidii (Hook.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.
- Agrostis schraderiana Bech.
- Agrostis sclerophylla C.E.Hubb.
- Agrostis serranoi Phil.
- Agrostis sichotensis Prob.
- Agrostis sikkimensis Bor
- Agrostis sinocontracta S.M.Phillips & S.L.Lu
- Agrostis sinorupestris L.Liu ex S.M.Phillips & S.L.Lu
- Agrostis × stebleri (Asch. & Graebn.) Portal
- Agrostis stolonifera L.
- Agrostis × subclavata Prob.
- Agrostis subpatens Hitchc.
- Agrostis subrepens (Hitchc.) Hitchc.
- Agrostis subspicata (Willd.) Raspail
- Agrostis subulata Hook.f.
- Agrostis subulifolia Stapf
- Agrostis tandilensis (Kuntze) Parodi
- Agrostis tateyamensis Tateoka
- Agrostis taylorii C.E.Hubb.
- Agrostis tenerrima Trin.
- Agrostis thompsoniae S.W.L.Jacobs
- Agrostis tibestica Miré & Quézel
- Agrostis tileni G.Nieto Fel. & Castrov.
- Agrostis tolucensis Kunth
- Agrostis × torgesii Portal
- Agrostis trachychlaena C.E.Hubb.
- Agrostis trachyphylla Pilg.
- Agrostis trisetoides Steud.
- Agrostis tsaratananensis A.Camus
- Agrostis tsiafajavonensis A.Camus
- Agrostis tsitondroinensis A.Camus
- Agrostis turrialbae Mez
- Agrostis tuvinica Peschkova
- Agrostis uliginosa Phil.
- Agrostis umbellata Colla
- Agrostis ushae Noltie
- Agrostis × ussuriensis Prob.
- Agrostis valvata Steud.
- Agrostis variabilis Rydb.
- Agrostis venezuelana Mez
- Agrostis venusta Trin.
- Agrostis vidalii Phil.
- Agrostis vinealis Schreb.
- Agrostis volkensii Stapf
- Agrostis wacei C.E.Hubb.
- Agrostis zenkeri Trin.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- F.T.A. 10: 166 (1937).
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 30 (1754)
- Sp. Pl. 61 (1753)
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 30 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 1: 61 (1753)
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 30 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 61 (1753)
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Gerard, P. [Cat. no. 3775], India | K001119984 | Yes | |||
Coll. Nat. d'Agric. de Dschang [1787], Cameroon | K000182097 | No | |||
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 3775], India | K001119983 | Yes | |||
Araujo, A.A. [300], Brazil | K001101139 | Yes | |||
Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [6009], Brazil | K001101140 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3776], Nepal | K001119985 | Yes | |||
Glaziou, A. [5434], Brazil | K001101142 | Yes | |||
Glaziou, A. [6773], Brazil | K001101141 | Yes | |||
Longui-Wagner [2895], Minas Gerais | K000847033 | Yes |
Sources
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Flora Zambesiaca
- Flora Zambesiaca
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0