Agrostis gigantea

Agrostis gigantea

Agrostis gigantea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Agrostidinae
Genus: Agrostis
Species: Agrostis gigantea
Subspecies: A. g. subsp. gigantea – A. g. subsp. maeotica

Name

Agrostis gigantea Roth, 1788

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Agrostis vinealis var. gigantea (Roth) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 1: 369 (1797).
  • Agrostis vinealis var. gigantea (Roth) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 76 (1805), nom. illeg.
  • Vilfa gigantea (Roth) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 16 (1812).
  • Agrostis alba var. gigantea (Roth) Lej., Rev. Fl. Spa: 15 (1825).
  • Agrostis alba var. patula Klett & Richt., Fl. Leipzig: 71 (1830), nom. illeg.
  • Agrostis stolonifera var. gigantea (Roth) Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 26 (1830).
  • Agrostis stolonifera subsp. gigantea (Roth) Schübl. & G.Martens, Fl. Würtemberg: 64 (1834).
  • Agrostis stolonifera var. rothii Heuff., Enum. Pl. Banat.: 226 (1856), nom. superfl.
  • Agrostis signata var. gigantea (Roth) Schur, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 48 (1859).
  • Agrostis alba subsp. gigantea (Roth) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital.: 768 (1882).
• Heterotypic
  • Agrostis stolonifera var. elata (Blytt) Andersson, Pl. Scand. 2: 93 (1852).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco Continental: Eurasia Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia Introduced into: Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Bolivia, Brazil South, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, Georgia, Great Britain, Greenland, Haiti, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Kerguelen, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Roth, A.W. 1788–1789. Tentamen Florae Germanicae; continens enumerationem plantarum in Germania sponte nascentium. Vol 1. xvi + 560 pp., Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolio I.G. Mülleriano. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1:31.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Agrostis gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Agrostis gigantea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 10. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Agrostis gigantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Agrostis gigantea. Published online. Accessed: August 10 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agrostis gigantea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 August 10.

Vernacular names

eesti: Suur kastehein
suomi: Isorölli
polski: Mietlica olbrzymia

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