Poaceae
Koeleria

Koeleria argentea Griseb.

First published in Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 3: 77 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Asia to Afghanistan and W. & Central China. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

East Himalaya

Native to:

Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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 Koeleria litvinowii.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Grubov, V.I. (2008). Key to the vascular plants of Mongolia (with an atlas) 2: 1-503. Academy of Sciences, Mongolian People's Republic, Ulaan Bator.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1956). Flora Kazakhstana 1: 1-354. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
  • Roshevitz, R.J. & al. (eds.) (1950). Flora Kirgizskoi SSR 2: 1-315. Frunze : Izd-vo KirgizFAN SSSR.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Rock, J.F. [14488] China Trisetum litvinowii K003615142 Yes
Dickoré, B. [3535] China Trisetum litvinowii K003615138 Yes
[illegible] [616] Russia Trisetum litvinowii K003615110 Yes
Rock, J.F. [14479] China Trisetum litvinowii K003615141 Yes
Soreng, R.J.; Peterson, P.M.; Hang, S. [5386] China Trisetum litvinowii K003615140 Yes
Younghusband, F.E.; Walton, H.J. [s.n.] China Trisetum litvinowii K003615139 Yes
s.coll. [491] Afghanistan Trisetum litvinowii K003615024 Yes
Grisebach, A.H.R. [951] Pakistan Koeleria litvinowii subsp. argentea K000032274 Type Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] Koeleria litvinowii subsp. argentea K000808792 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stoliczka, F. [s.n.] Koeleria litvinowii subsp. argentea K000808795 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] Koeleria litvinowii subsp. argentea K000032275 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] China Koeleria litvinowii subsp. argentea K000808794 Unknown Type Material Yes
Falconer, H. [s.n.] Koeleria litvinowii subsp. argentea K000808793 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dickoré, B. [3354] China Trisetum litvinowii subsp. argenteum K003615143 Yes
Walton, H.J. [s.n.] Trisetum litvinowii subsp. argenteum K003615147 Yes
Walton, H.J. [s.n.] Trisetum litvinowii subsp. argenteum K003615145 Yes
Licent, A.E. [4607] China Trisetum litvinowii subsp. argenteum K003615144 Yes
Walton, H.J. [s.n.] Trisetum litvinowii subsp. argenteum K003615146 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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