| Junegrasses | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Koeleria pyramidata (figure B at right) [1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Aveninae |
| Genus: | Koeleria Pers. [2] |
| Type species | |
| Poa nitida (syn of Koeleria macrantha ) | |
| Synonyms [5] | |
| |
Koeleria is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found on all continents except Antarctica and on various oceanic islands. It includes species known generally as Junegrasses. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
The genus was named after German botanist Georg Ludwig Koeler (1765–1807). [12]
- Species [5] [13]
- Koeleria altaica – Siberia, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia
- Koeleria argentea – China, Mongolia, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Himalayas
- Koeleria asiatica – Russia, China incl Tibet, Mongolia, Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories
- Koeleria askoldensis – Primorye region of Russia incl Askold Island
- Koeleria besseri – Europe from the Czech Republic to central European Russia
- Koeleria biebersteinii – Crimea
- Koeleria boliviensis – Bolivia
- Koeleria brevis – Ukraine, Russia, Caucasus, Turkey
- Koeleria calderonii – Argentina (Mendoza)
- Koeleria capensis – Yemen, Africa from Ethiopia + Cameroon to Cape Province
- Koeleria carolii – Morocco
- Koeleria caudata – Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria
- Koeleria cenisia – western Alps (France, Italy, Switzerland)
- Koeleria cheesemanii – New Zealand
- Koeleria crassipes – Spain, Portugal
- Koeleria delavignei – Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan
- Koeleria embergeri – Morocco
- Koeleria eriostachya – Eurasia from Switzerland to Kazakhstan
- Koeleria fueguina – Chile, Argentina
- Koeleria glauca – Eurasia from France to Mongolia
- Koeleria gubanovii – Amur Oblast in Russia
- Koeleria hirsuta – central Alps (Italy, Switzerland, Austria)
- Koeleria × hungarica – Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria
- Koeleria inaequaliglumis – Argentina (Mendoza)
- Koeleria insubrica – Italy, Croatia
- Koeleria karavajevii – Yakutia
- Koeleria kurtzii – Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru
- Koeleria loweana – Madeira
- Koeleria lucana – Basilicata region of Italy
- Koeleria luerssenii – Caucasus
- Koeleria macrantha – Eurasia, North America
- Koeleria mendocinensis – Argentina
- Koeleria micrathera – Argentina, Chile incl Juan Fernández Is
- Koeleria × mixta – Great Britain
- Koeleria nitidula – Balkans, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Caucasus, Afghanistan
- Koeleria novozelandica – New Zealand
- Koeleria permollis – Falkland Is, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru
- Koeleria praeandina – Argentina (Mendoza)
- Koeleria pyramidata – Eurasia from France + Denmark to Nepal + Yakutia
- Koeleria rhodopea – Bulgaria
- Koeleria riguorum – New Zealand South I
- Koeleria skrjabinii – Yakutia
- Koeleria splendens – Mediterranean from Spain + Morocco to Turkey
- Koeleria thonii – Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk
- Koeleria tzvelevii – Zabaykalsky Krai
- Koeleria vallesiana – Europe, North Africa
- Koeleria ventanicola – Argentina (Buenos Aires)
- Koeleria vurilochensis – Argentina (Chubut, Neuquén, Río Negro, Santa Cruz)
- Formerly included [5]
hundreds of species once included in Koeleria but now considered better suited to other genera including Aeluropus , Agrostis , Colpodium , Dactylis , Erioneuron , Festuca , Graphephorum , Rostraria , Schismus , Sesleria , Trisetaria and Trisetum .
