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

*Molinia*	Schrank	accepted 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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