Apera

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Apera
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Apera spica-venti [1]
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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. [2]
Type species
Apera spica-venti
(L.) P. Beauv. [3]
Synonyms [4]
  • AnemagrostisTrin.

Apera is a small genus of annual grasses, [5] known commonly as silkybent grass or 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. [4] [6] [7] [8]

Species [4] [9] [10] [11]
formerly included [4]

see Agrostis Anemanthele Dichelachne Muhlenbergia Sporobolus

See also

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Adanson, Michel 1763. Familles des Plantes 2: 495 in French
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Apera Adans.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
  8. ↑ United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
  9. ↑ The Plant List search for Apera
  10. ↑ Biota of North America 2013 county distribution maps
  11. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Apera


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