Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Poales > Family Poaceae > Tribe Aveneae > Genus Aira

Aira caryophyllea L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AiraL.accepted genus name

Species group names

Avena caryophyllea (L.) Wigg. homotypic synonym
Aira mucronata Sennen heterotypic synonym

Children

Aira caryophyllea L. subsp. caryophyllea
Aira caryophyllea subsp. plesiantha (Jord.) K. Richt.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Aragonese: feno; yerba formental sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Dutch: Zilverhaver sources: Dutch Species Register
 English: Silver hair-grass sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 English-United States: Silver Hair-grass sources: Charles Hussey
 Galician: felo; feño; feno verdadeiro; feo; freo; herba do feño; herba do feo; Mionfhéar geal sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Irish: Mionfhéar geal sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 Norwegian Bokmål: hvitsmyle
 Norwegian Nynorsk: kvitsmyle
 Spanish, Castillian: heno de Castilla; heno del Niño Jesús; limpiaplatos sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Swedish: vittåtel
 Valencian: fé sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Welsh: brigwellt arian

Literature

nomenclatural reference

L., Sp. Pl. 1753.

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Citation

Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009): Poaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Aira caryophyllea L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=9E3C0190-E9D0-475D-86B4-920440991222

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

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2009-06-15 by Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009): Poaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

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