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Agrostis canina L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 62 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000843382.

Synonyms of Agrostis canina L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Agrostis canina var. mutica Sinclair Hort. Gram. Woburn. : 226 (1816) wfo-0000841724
Agrostis canina var. nivea (Sinclair) Hook. Fl. Scot. : 24 (1821) wfo-0000841725
Agrostis canina var. pudica Döll Rhein. Fl. : 108 (1843) wfo-0000841727
Agrostis canina var. stolonifera Blytt Norsk Fl. : 151 (1847) wfo-0000841731
Agrostis canina var. transsilvanica (Schur) Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 50. 1859 wfo-0000841736
Agraulus caninus P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 5 (1812) wfo-0000842096
Agraulus pallidus (With.) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 149 (1821 publ. 1822) wfo-0000842102
Agrestis canina (L.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 4: 286 (1901) wfo-0000842107
Agrostis affinis Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 228 (1833) wfo-0000843111
Agrostis alba f. aristata Millsp. Bull. West Virginia Agric. Exp. Sta. 24: 469 (1892) wfo-0000843123
Agrostis alpina Leyss. Fl. Halens. , ed. 2: 16 (1783) wfo-0000843199
Agrostis arenaria Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 51 (1859) wfo-0000843242
Agrostis arenosa Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 736 (1866) wfo-0000843243
Agrostis canina f. fasciculata J.Rousseau Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 32: 56 (1938) wfo-0000843383
Agrostis canina f. vinealis Beldie Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 158 (1972) wfo-0000843387
Agrostis canina subsp. aspromontana Brullo, Scelsi & Spamp. Veg. Aspromonte : 43 (2001) wfo-0000843388
Agrostis canina subsp. granatensis Romero García, Blanca & C.Morales Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 43: 52 (1986) wfo-0000843389
Agrostis canina subsp. monteluccii Selvi Webbia 49: 52 (1994) wfo-0000843391
Agrostis canina var. alpina Alph.Wood Amer. Bot. Fl. 2: 384 (1871) wfo-0000843397
Agrostis canina var. arenosa Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 50 (1859) wfo-0000843398
Agrostis canina var. decipiens (Rouy) Douin Fl. Ill. France 11: 142 (1932) wfo-0000843403
Agrostis canina var. humilis Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 54. 1861 wfo-0000843411
Agrostis canina var. hybrida (Gaudin) Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 182 (1828) wfo-0000843412
Agrostis fascicularis Curtis ex Sinclair Hort. Gram. Woburn. : 154 (1816) wfo-0000843643
Agrostis geniculata Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 572 (1779) wfo-0000843691
Agrostis hybrida Gaudin Agrost. Helv. 1: 66 (1811) wfo-0000843785
Agrostis leersii J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. : 1495 (1792) wfo-0000843902
Agrostis mutabilis Sibth. Fl. Oxon. : 36 (1794) wfo-0000844045
Agrostis nana Delarbre Fl. Auvergne , ed. 2: 664 (1800) wfo-0000844052
Agrostis nivea Sinclair Hort. Gram. Woburn. : 152 (1816) wfo-0000844083
Agrostis nobilis De Not. ex Parl. Fl. Ital. 1: 186 (1850) wfo-0000844084
Agrostis stricta De Not. ex Parl. Fl. Ital. 1: 187 (1850) wfo-0000844572
Agrostis sudavica M.M.Ivanova Lietuvos T.S.R. Fl. 2: 677 (1963) wfo-0000844590
Agrostis tenuis T.Bastard ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 277 (1817) wfo-0000844625
Agrostis transilvanica Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 50 (1859) wfo-0000844670
Agrostis violaceo-purpurea Gilib. Excerc. Phyt. 2: 525 (1792) wfo-0000844761
Agrostis wightii Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 168 (1854) wfo-0000844812
Avena canina (L.) Scop. Intr. Hist. Nat. : 74 (1777) wfo-0000851761
Milium caninum (L.) Lag. Elench. Pl. : 10 (1816) wfo-0000880040
Trichodium arenarium Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 51 (1859) wfo-0000904149
Trichodium arenosum (Schur) Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 736 (1866) wfo-0000904152
Trichodium caninum (L.) Schrad. Fl. Germ. : 198 (1806) wfo-0000904154
Trichodium caninum var. turfosum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 737 (1866) wfo-0000904155
Trichodium coerulescens Link ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 701 (1841) wfo-0000904158
Trichodium diffusum Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 69 (1821) wfo-0000904161
Trichodium hybridum (Gaudin) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 282 (1817) wfo-0000904169
Trichodium kitaibelii Schult. Oestr. Fl. , ed. 2, 1: 165 (1814) wfo-0000904173
Trichodium montanum Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 701 (1841) wfo-0000904178
Trichodium niveum Philipson J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 51: 84 (1937) wfo-0000904182
Trichodium tenerrimum Schur Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4: 83 (1853) wfo-0000904198
Trichodium transsilvanicum (Schur) Schur Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4: 83 (1853) wfo-0000904199
Trichodium turfosum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 787 (1866) wfo-0000904201
Vilfa hybrida (Gaudin) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 16 (1812) wfo-0000907134
Vilfa vulgaris Wight ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 168 (1854) wfo-0000907286
Agrostis canina var. opulenta Portal Agrostis France 81 (188; figs.). 2009 [27 Feb 2009] wfo-0000911251
Agrostis tenuifolia Curtis Pract. Observ. Brit. Grasses : 42 (1787) wfo-0000923548
Agrostis canina var. alba Desv. Observ. Pl. Angers : 50 (1818) wfo-0001095559
Agrostis canina var. hybrida (Gaud.) Beldie Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 158. 1972 wfo-0001095562
Agrostis canina var. nobilis (De Not.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital. 769 1882 wfo-0001095565
Agrostis canina f. pudica (Döll) Jansen & Wacht. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 50: 112 1940 wfo-0001095566
Agrostis pallida With. Arr. Brit. Pl., ed. 3. 2: 128 (1796) wfo-0001095603
Agrostis setacea var. glaucina (Bastard) Mutel Fl. France 4: 33 1837 wfo-0001095619
Agrostis canina subsp. canina wfo-0001096435
Agrostis canina var. canina wfo-0001096436
Agrostis canina f. canina wfo-0001096437
Agrostis transsilvanica Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 50 (1859) wfo-1000036463
Agrostis granatensis (Romero García, Blanca & C.Morales) Rivas Mart. Itinera Geobot. 18(2): 481 (2011) wfo-1000038142
Agrostis canina subsp. allionii K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 45 (1890) wfo-1200013030
Agrostis canina var. transsylvanica (Schur) Nyman Syll. Fl. Eur. , Suppl.: 70 (1865) wfo-1200013580
Agrostis canina var. flava Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl. : 44 (1820) wfo-1200013596
Agrostis canina var. minor Pauquy Statist. Bot. Somme : 442 (1831) wfo-1200013622
Agrostis canina var. breviaristata Mutel Fl. Franç. Herbor. 4: 32 (1837) wfo-1200013625
Agrostis canina var. aristata Faye Cat. Pl. Charente-Inf. : 74 (1850) wfo-1200013627
Agrostis canina var. rupestris Chapm. ex Gatt. Tennessee Fl. : 98 (1887) wfo-1200013677
Agrostis canina var. aurea Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa : 218 (1825) wfo-1200013695
Agrostis canina var. violacea Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl. : 44 (1820) wfo-1200013710
Agrostis canina var. radicans Rohlena Veda Prír. 18: 116 (1937) wfo-1200013718
Agrostis canina var. rigida Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 50 (1859) wfo-1200013719
Agrostis canina var. pumila Peterm. Bot. Excurs. Leipzig : 528 (1846) wfo-1200013735
Agrostis vulgaris var. pallida (With.) Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa : 15 (1825) wfo-1200013758
Agrostis canina var. diffusa (Link) Heynh. Nom. Bot. Hort. : 25 (1840) wfo-1200013759
Agrostis canina var. umbrosa Legrand Fl. Berry : 298 (1887) wfo-1200013791
Trichodium caninum var. pallidum Opiz Seznam : 99 (1852) wfo-1200020838
Agrostis canina var. opulentis Portal Agrostis de France : 81 (2009) wfo-1200033420
Agrostis canina var. pallida Peterm. Fl. Lips. Excurs. : 83 (1838) wfo-1200033557
Agrostis alba var. aristata Spenn. Fl. Friburg. 1: 94 (1825) wfo-1200034842
Agrostis canina var. alpina (Leyss.) Ducommun Taschenb. Schweiz. Bot. : 852 (1869) wfo-1200034843
Agrostis canina var. mutica Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 182 (1828) wfo-1200034851