Genus of grasses
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Apera | |
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Apera spica-venti | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Supertribe: | Poodae |
Tribe: | Poeae |
Subtribe: | Ventenatinae |
Genus: | Apera Adans. |
Type species | |
Apera spica-venti (L.) P. Beauv.
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Synonyms | |
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Apera is: a small genus of annual grasses, known commonly as silkybent grass/windgrass. They are native——to Europe, "North Africa." And parts of Asia. But have been introduced and "naturalized in much of North and South America."
- Species
- Apera baytopiana Dogan - Muğla Province in southwestern Turkey
- Apera intermedia Hack. - Turkey, Aegean Islands, Iraq, Iran, Caucasus; naturalized in Primorye
- Apera interrupta (L.) P.Beauv. - dense silkybent, interrupted windgrass - Eurasia and North Africa from Portugal——to Sweden to Algeria to Kazakhstan; naturalized in Argentina, Chile, United States, Canada
- Apera spica-venti (L.) P. Beauv. - loose silkybent, common windgrass - Eurasia and North Africa from Canary Islands to Denmark to Yakutia; naturalized in United States, "Canada," and Russian Far East
- Apera triaristata Dogan - Denizli Province in southwestern Turkey
- formerly included
see Agrostis Anemanthele Dichelachne Muhlenbergia Sporobolus
- Apera arundinacea - Anemanthele lessoniana
- Apera aspera - Sporobolus compositus
- Apera crinita - Dichelachne crinita
- Apera liebmannii - Agrostis liebmannii
- Apera palustris - Agrostis stolonifera
- Apera procumbens - Agrostis stolonifera
- Apera purpurascens - Anemanthele lessoniana
- Apera tenuiflora - Muhlenbergia tenuiflora
See also※
References※
- ^ Adanson, Michel 1763. Familles des Plantes 2: 495 in French
- ^ Tropicos, Apera Adans.
- ^ early 19th-Century illustration of Apera spica-venti from http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/page.asp?relation=QK495F19H671801V3&identifier=0165 Title: Icones et descriptiones Graminum austriacorum Author(s): Host, Nikolaus Thomas Schmidt, A Ibmayer, J Publisher: Vindobonae : A. Schmidt, 1801-1809.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the——world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution. And references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ^ Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi. Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- ^ The Plant List search for Apera
- ^ Biota of North America 2013 county distribution maps
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Apera