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

Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MoliniaSchrankaccepted genus name

Species group names

Aira coerulea L. basionym
Aira coerulea L. homotypic synonym
Molinia euxina Pobed. heterotypic synonym
Molinia horanszkyi Milk. heterotypic synonym
Molinia hungarica Milk. heterotypic synonym
Molinia simonii Milk. heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Aragonese: escoba; escoba de yerba; lastón d'escobas; yerba fontanaliza 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).
 Catalan: alba roja; alga roja; molínia 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: Pijpenstrootje sources: Dutch Species Register
 English: Purple moor grass sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 English-United States: Purple moor grass; Purple Moor-grass sources: Charles Hussey
 Galician: Fionnán; molinea 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).
 High Aragonese: escoba; escoba de yerba; espadera; hierba fontanaliza; lastón d´escobas 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: Fionnán sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 Norwegian Bokmål: blåtopp
 Norwegian Nynorsk: blåtopp
 Spanish, Castillian: mansiega 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: blåtåtel
 Welsh: glaswellt y gweunydd

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Moench, Methodus. 1794.

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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. Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=C105AA4D-48AB-43C5-960C-17B0CD994449

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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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