Avellinia

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: Aveninae
Genus: Avellinia
Species: A. festucoides – A. longiaristata

Name

Avellinia Parl., Pl. Nov.: 59 (1842).

• Type species: Avellinia michelii (Savi) Parl., Pl. Nov.: 61 (1842) (= Avellinia festucoides (Link) Valdés & H.Scholz, Willdenowia 36: 662. (2006))

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Canary Islands (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Palestine, Turkey. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Parlatore, F. 1842. Plantae novae vel minus notae opusculis diversis olim descriptae: generibus quibusdam speciebusque novis adjectis iterum recognitae. Gide, Paris. 87 pp. MDZ Reference page. 

Additional references

• Valdés, B. & Scholz, H. 2006. The Euro+Med treatment of Gramineae — a generic synopsis and some new names. Willdenowia 36(2): 657–669. DOI: 10.3372/wi.36.36202 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Avellinia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 June 5. Reference page. 
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Avellinia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2021 June 6.
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Avellinia. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Avellinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 June 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Avellinia. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Avellinia. .

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