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Rostraria

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Poaceae

Higher classification
  
Grasses

Order
  
Poales

Scientific name
  
Rostraria

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Rostraria cristata, Grasses, Avellinia, Gastridium, Hainardia

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

These grasses are sometimes included in genus Koeleria.

Species
  1. Rostraria azorica S.Hend. - Santa Maria in Azores
  2. Rostraria balansae (Coss. & Durieu) Holub - Algeria incl. Habibas Islands
  3. Rostraria berythea (Boiss. & Blanche) Holub - Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Jordan, Israel
  4. Rostraria clarkeana (Domin) Holub - Jammu & Kashmir
  5. Rostraria cristata (Linn.) Tzvelev - Mediterranean hairgrass - Mediterranean, Sahara, and southwest Asia from Portugal + Cape Verde to northern India
  6. Rostraria hispida (Savi) Dogan - Mediterranean from Morocco + Corsica to Turkey
  7. Rostraria litorea (All.) Holub - Mediterranean from Morocco + Corsica to Greece
  8. Rostraria obtusiflora (Boiss.) Holub - from Crete to Tajikistan
  9. Rostraria pumila (Desf.) Tzvelev from Canary Islands to Pakistan
  10. Rostraria rohlfsii (Asch.) Holub - Sahara (Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Egypt)
  11. Rostraria salzmannii (Boiss.) Holub - Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
  12. Rostraria trachyantha (Phil.) Soreng - Peru, Chile
formerly included

see Avellinia Trisetaria

  • Rostraria festucoides - Avellinia festucoides
  • Rostraria laevis - Trisetaria panicea
  • Rostraria neglecta - Trisetaria panicea
  • Rostraria parviflora - Trisetaria parviflora
  • References

    Rostraria Wikipedia