Higher classification Grasses | 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.
- Rostraria azorica S.Hend. - Santa Maria in Azores
- Rostraria balansae (Coss. & Durieu) Holub - Algeria incl. Habibas Islands
- Rostraria berythea (Boiss. & Blanche) Holub - Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Jordan, Israel
- Rostraria clarkeana (Domin) Holub - Jammu & Kashmir
- Rostraria cristata (Linn.) Tzvelev - Mediterranean hairgrass - Mediterranean, Sahara, and southwest Asia from Portugal + Cape Verde to northern India
- Rostraria hispida (Savi) Dogan - Mediterranean from Morocco + Corsica to Turkey
- Rostraria litorea (All.) Holub - Mediterranean from Morocco + Corsica to Greece
- Rostraria obtusiflora (Boiss.) Holub - from Crete to Tajikistan
- Rostraria pumila (Desf.) Tzvelev from Canary Islands to Pakistan
- Rostraria rohlfsii (Asch.) Holub - Sahara (Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Egypt)
- Rostraria salzmannii (Boiss.) Holub - Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
- Rostraria trachyantha (Phil.) Soreng - Peru, Chile
see Avellinia Trisetaria
References
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