Poaceae
Avena

Avena canariensis B.R.Baum, Rajhathy & D.R.Sampson

First published in Canad. J. Bot. 51: 759 (1973)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Canary Islands (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura). It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Canary Is.

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Rankou, H., Culham, A., Taleb, M.S., Ouhammou, A., Martin, G. & Jury, S.L. (2015). Conservation assessments and red listing of the endemic Moroccan flora (monocotyledons). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 177: 504-575.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Avena barbata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Rankou, H., Culham, A., Taleb, M.S., Ouhammou, A., Martin, G. & Jury, S.L. (2015). Conservation assessments and red listing of the endemic Moroccan flora (monocotyledons). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 177: 504-575.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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