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Rostraria

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Rostraria
Rostraria cristata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Aveninae
Genus: Rostraria
Trin. 1820
Type species
Rostraria pubescens
(syn of R. cristata)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Aegialina Schult.
  • Lophochloa Reichb.
  • Aegialitis Trin. 1820, illegitimate homonym not R.Br. 1810 (Plumbaginaceae)
  • Aegialina Schult.
  • Poarion Rchb.
  • Lophochloa Rchb.
  • Wilhelmsia K.Koch 1848, illegitimate homonym not Rchb. 1828 (Caryophyllaceae)
  • Ktenosachne Steud.
  • Parodiochloa A.M.Molina 1986, illegitimate homonym not C.E. Hubb. 1981 (Poaceae)
  • Raimundochloa A.M.Molina
  • Trisetum unranked Rostraria (Trin.) Trin.[3]

Rostraria is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Eurasia and North Africa with one species native to South America.[4][5] Hairgrass is a common name.[6]

These grasses are sometimes included in genus Koeleria.

Species[2][7][8]
formerly included[2]

see Avellinia Trisetaria

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos, Rostraria Trin.
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1830. Mémoires de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. Sixième Série. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles 1(1): 65
  4. ^ Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae 149, §161
  5. ^ Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae plate XVII (17), figure VIII (8) line drawing of Rostraria cristata
  6. ^ NRCS. "Rostraria". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  7. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Rostraria
  8. ^ The Plant List search for Rostraria
  9. ^ "Rostraria". Flora of Pakistan. Retrieved 2008-06-15.