Aira praecox

Aira praecox

Aira praecox

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: Airinae
Genus: Aira
Species: Aira praecox

Name

Aira praecox L., 1753

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Aira canescens var. praecox (L.) Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 85 (1787).
  • Agrostis praecox (L.) Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 24 (1796).
  • Avena praecox (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 89 (1812).
  • Trisetum praecox (L.) Dumort., Observ. Gramin. Belg.: 122 (1824).
  • Airopsis praecox (L.) Fr., Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 3: 180 (1843).
  • Caryophyllea praecox (L.) Opiz, Seznam: 27 (1852).
  • Fussia praecox (L.) Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 754 (1866).
  • Avena caryophyllea praecox (L.) Kuntze, Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 45 (1867).
  • Airella praecox (L.) Dumort., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 68 (1868).
  • Salmasia praecox (L.) Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 4: 316 (1901).
  • Aspris praecox (L.) Nash in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2, 1: 215 (1913).
• Heterotypic
  • Avena pusilla Weber in F.H.Wiggers, Prim. Fl. Holsat.: 9 (1780).
  • Aira subspicata Rainv. in D.de Gorter, Fl. Belg. Foed.: 74 (1781), nom. illeg.
  • Aira gmelinii Honck., Verz. Gew. Teutschl.: 212 (1782).
  • Avena loeflingiana M.Geuns ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 660 (1817), pro syn.
  • Avena nana Kunze ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 172 (1840), pro syn.
  • Aira pusilla Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 754 (1866), pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Is., Madeira Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Baltic States, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Poland, Netherlands, Switzerland Regional: Northern Europe Føroyar, Norway, Sweden, Finland Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Portugal, Spain Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy, Krym Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus Regional: Western Asia Turkey Introduced into: Argentina South, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile South, Connecticut, Crozet Is., Delaware, Falkland Is., Juan Fernández Is., Kerguelen, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Australia, Tasmania, Uruguay, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 65. Reference page. 

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. Aira praecox in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Aira praecox. 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 12. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Aira praecox. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Aira praecox. Published online. Accessed: August 12 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aira praecox in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 August 12.

Vernacular names

مصرى: آيرا برايكوكس
čeština: ovsíček časný
Cymraeg: Brigwellt y gwanwyn
Deutsch: Frühe Haferschmiele, Früühe Haferschmiele
English: yellow hairgrass, early hair-grass
español: Henillo precoz
suomi: Kääpiölauha
français: Canche précoce, canche printanière
Hiri Motu: Chuda šmička
lietuvių: Ankstyvoji smilgenė
Nederlands: Vroege Haver
polski: Śmiałka wczesna
svenska: Vårtåtel

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