Poaceae
Avena

Avena magna H.C.Murphy & Terrell

First published in Science 159: 103 (1968)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NW. & N. Central Morocco. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Morocco

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ladizinsky, G. (1993). The taxonomic status of Avena magna - Reapprasial. Lagascalia 17: 325-328.

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 maroccana.]
  • 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. [Cited as Avena maroccana.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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

  • 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