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Apera
Apera spica-venti[3]
Scientific classification Edit this 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.[1]
Type species
Apera spica-venti

(L.) P. Beauv.[2]

Synonyms[4]
  • Anemagrostis Trin.

Apera is a small genus of annual grasses,[5] known commonly as silkybent grassorwindgrass. 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

  • 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[edit]

    References[edit]

  • ^ 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.
  • ^ a b c d 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

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