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Aira L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 63 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000001038.

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Synonyms of Aira

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Fiorinia Parl. Fl. Ital. 1: 232. 1850. wfo-4000014791

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Aira:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira acutigluma Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 221 (1854) wfo-0000844833
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira aggregata var. sabulosa Mabille Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 25: 607. 1864 wfo-1200013681
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira alba Vahl Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 688. 1817 (1817) wfo-0000844839
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira alpina subsp. littoralis Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 293. 1899 (1899) wfo-1200012458
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira aquatica var. duplicata Chaub. Arch. Bot. (Paris) 2: 407. 1833 wfo-1200013815
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira aquatica var. multiplicata Chaub. Arch. Bot. (Paris) 2: 407. 1833 wfo-1200013739
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira aquatica var. ochroleuca (Dumort.) Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa 218. 1825 wfo-1200013753
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira argentea Bellynck Fl. Namur 297. 1855 (1855) wfo-1000038436
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira argentea var. pallida Lecoq & Lamotte Cat. Pl. Plateau Central 393. 1848 wfo-1200013574
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira bachitii Hochst. ex C.E.Hubb. Fl. Trop. Afr. 10: 88. 1937 (1937) wfo-1000036577
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira biebersteiniana (Schult.) Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 219 1854 — wfo-0000844883
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira brevifolia F.Dietr. Neu. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 1: 133. 1825 (1825) wfo-1000038295
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira brevifolia Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 76 (1813) wfo-0000844892
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira byzantina F.Albers Willdenowia 9: 284 (1979) wfo-0000844896
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caespitosa subsp. paludosa Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg 68 1834 — wfo-0000844901
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira canescens Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 77 (1805) wfo-0000844906
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira canescens var. glauca Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 36. 1788 wfo-1200013638
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira canescens var. glaucescens Pauquy Statist. Bot. Somme 454. 1831 wfo-1200013648
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira canescens var. gracilescens Pauquy Statist. Bot. Somme 454. 1831 wfo-1200013576
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira canescens var. praecox (L.) Vill. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 85. 1787 wfo-1200013649
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira canutillo Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 42 (1923) wfo-0000844907
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira capillaris subsp. provincialis (Jord.) Bonnier Fl. Ill. France 11: 11. 1931 (1931) wfo-1200013045
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira capillaris var. ambigua Asch. Fl. Brandenburg 1: 831 (1864) wfo-0000844917
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira capillaris var. divaricata Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 328. 1859 wfo-1200013594
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira capillaris var. pulchella Knoche Fl. Baléar. 1: 299. 1921 wfo-1200013618
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira capillaris var. pumila Herder Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1867: 25. 1868 wfo-1200013750
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea subsp. anceps (Ces., Pass. & Gibelli) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital. 775. 1882 (1882) wfo-1200013065
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea subsp. plesiantha (Jord. ex Boreau) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 53. 1890 (1890) wfo-1200012963
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. divaricata (Pourr.) Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris 30. 1812 wfo-1200013512
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. divergens N.H.F.Desp. Fl. Sarthe 311. 1838 wfo-1200013772
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. expansa K.Koch Linnaea 21: 390. 1848 wfo-1200013506
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. hostii (Steud.) Rouy Fl. France 14: 106. 1913 wfo-1200013613
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. inflexa (Loisel.) Lamotte Cat. Pl. Plateau Central 97. 1847 wfo-1200013812
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. magna P.Monts. Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 6: 419. 1964 wfo-1200013740
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. maior Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 327. 1828 wfo-1200013790
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. minima Tinant Fl. Luxemb. 65. 1836 wfo-1200013693
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. multicaulis (Dumort.) Druce List Brit. Pl. 80 1908 — wfo-0001095685
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. multiculmis (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 283 1899 — wfo-0001095402
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. multiculmis (Dumort.) Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 1: 69 1828 — wfo-0001095687
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. multiculmis (Dumort.) Mathieu Fl. Gen. Belgique, Spermatoph. 1: 609 1853 — wfo-0001095686
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. provincialis (Jord.) Fiori Fl. Anal. Ital. 1: 67. 1796 wfo-1200013749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. pulchella Gillet & Magne Nouv. Fl. Franc. 458. 1862 wfo-1200013496
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. saxatilis Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 59. 1830 wfo-1200013770
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira caryophyllea var. suzana Podp. Kvĕtna Mor. Rakousk. Slezska 6: 287. 1926 wfo-1200013616
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa subsp. glauca Hartm. Sv. Norsk Exc.-Fl. ed. 4: 16. 1866 wfo-1200012411
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa subsp. hartmanniana Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 807. 1882 (1882) wfo-1200012447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa subsp. media (Gouan) Douin Fl. Ill. France 12: 12. 1932 (1932) wfo-1200012412
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa subsp. paludosa Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg 68. 1834 (1834) wfo-1200013016
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa subsp. parviflora (Thuill.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg 68. 1834 (1834) wfo-1200012320
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa subsp. rhenana (Gremli) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2(2): 807. 1890 (1890) wfo-1200012436
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. altissima Peterm. Fl. Lips. Excurs. 102. 1838 wfo-1200013615
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. andraei (Andrae) Grecescu Consp. fl. Roman. 2: 457. 1898 wfo-1200013513
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. aurea Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 1: 60. 1827 wfo-1200013720
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. barbata Willk. Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1869: 6. wfo-1200013709
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. firmula Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 1: 60. 1827 wfo-1200013757
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. fluviatilis G.Mey. Chloris Han. 639. 1836 wfo-1200013573
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. hoppeana Alef. Landw. Fl. 347. 1866 wfo-1200013581
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. humilior Roth Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1: 252. 1827 wfo-1200013814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. juncea (Chaix) Döll Fl. Baden 1: 199. 1859 wfo-1200013620
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. lutescens Plues Brit. Grass. 169. 1867 wfo-1200013714
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. major Neilr. Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. 54. 1859 wfo-1200013562
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. maxima Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(1): 97. 1789 wfo-1200013737
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. minor Neilr. Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. 54. 1859 wfo-1200013586
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. ochroleuca Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 1(ed. 2): 18. 1850 wfo-1200013547
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. pallescens Döll Rhein. Fl. 105. 1843 wfo-1200013664
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. purpurea Bellynck Fl. Namur 297. 1855 wfo-1200013550
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. subtriflora Willk. Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1869: 6. wfo-1200013799
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. uliginosa (Weihe ex Boenn.) Alef. Landw. Fl. 348. 1866 wfo-1200013744
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. varia Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 1: 60. 1827 wfo-1200013673
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. versicolor Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 1: 68. 1828 wfo-1200013579
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. violascens Bellynck Fl. Namur 297. 1855 wfo-1200013802
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. virescens Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 1: 60. 1827 wfo-1200013554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. vivipara Alef. Landw. Fl. 347. 1866 wfo-1200013683
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cespitosa var. vulgaris Alef. Landw. Fl. 347. 1866 wfo-1200013637
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira chamaemespilus Host Fl. Austriac. [Host] 2: 8. 1831 wfo-0000844962
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira ciliaris Kit. Linnaea 32(3): 310. 1864 [Sep 1864] wfo-0000844967
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira ciliata Spreng. Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 1: 7. 1813 wfo-0001095691
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira collina (Dumort.) Foerster Fl. Excurs. Aachen 403. 1878 (1878) wfo-1000038349
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira compressa Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 3: 356 (1818) wfo-0000844971
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira cupaniana var. magnatutii Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 284. 1899 wfo-1200013726
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira elegans Willd. ex Gaudin Agrost. Helv. 1: 355, 130 (1811) wfo-0000844996
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira elegantissima subsp. ambigua (Asch.) Dogan Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 509 (1983) wfo-0000845003
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira elegantissima subsp. hosteana Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 176 (1973) wfo-0000845004
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flavescens Honck. Verz. Gew. Teutschl. 212. 1782 [Oct-Dec 1782] wfo-1000035899
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa f. pallida Berlin Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 41(7): 77 (1885) wfo-0001285980
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa subsp. setacea (Huds.) C.Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl. ed. 11: 511. 1879 (1879) wfo-1200013079
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. albida Desp. Fl. Sarthe 311. 1838 wfo-1200013781
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. americana Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2: 678. 1817 wfo-1200013793
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. aprica Wimm. & Grab. Fl. Siles. 1: 65. 1827 wfo-1200013773
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. aurea Soest Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1928: 14. wfo-1200013567
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. barstii Prahl Krit. Fl. Prov. Schles.-Holst. 2: 252. 1890 wfo-1200013704
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. buchenaui Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 287. 1899 wfo-1200013761
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. capillaris G.Mey. Chloris Han. 640. 1836 wfo-1200013588
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. cuprina Schur Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 327. 1859 wfo-1200013765
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. diffusa (Neilr.) Briq. Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 99 1910 — wfo-0001095692
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. gracilescens Uechtr. Jahresber. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult. ?. 1882 wfo-1200013804
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. grandiflora St.-Lag. Étude Fl. éd. 8, 2: 918. 1889 wfo-1200013526
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. impuber Wibel Prim. Fl. Werth. 118. 1799 wfo-1200013701
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. patens Mutel Fl. Franç. Herbor. 4: 53. 1837 wfo-1200013533
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. purpurea Soest Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1928: 13. wfo-1200013796
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. umbrosa (Wimm. & Grab.) Litv. Sched. Herb. Fl. Ross. 8: 155 1918 — wfo-0001095695
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira flexuosa var. vivipara Peterm. Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss. 536. 1846 wfo-1200013587
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira fontqueriana Sennen Cat. Fl. Rif Orient. : 128 (1933) wfo-0000845024
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira glabra Brot. Fl. Lusit. 1: 91. 1804 wfo-0000845028
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira hercynica Romero Zarco, M.Á.Ortiz & L.Sáez Syst. Bot. 45(1): 81. 2020 wfo-1000020900
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira hybrida Gaudin Agrost. Helv. 1: 124 (1811) wfo-0000844828
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira hybrida Gaudin Agrost. Helv. 1: 124 (1811) wfo-0001095697
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira ischaemoides J.Koenig ex Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3(2): 328. 1834 [Jun 1834] ; this is vol. 1 of the Sci. Nat. Series, reprinted as Panicearum Gen.: 240. 1834. wfo-0001095698
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira littoralis Wulfen Fl. Norica Phan. : 113 (1858) wfo-0000845095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira maderaspatana Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 221 (1854) wfo-0000845099
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira major subsp. alpina (L.) Syme Engl. Bot. ed. 3, 11: 65. 1873 (1873) wfo-1200012338
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira media var. juncea (Chaix) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 808. 1882 wfo-1200013607
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira media var. seslerioides Mutel Fl. Franç. Herbor. 4: 50. 1837 wfo-1200013699
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira micrantha Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 423 (1854) wfo-0000845111
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira minoricensis P.Fraga, Romero Zarco & L.Sáez Syst. Bot. 45(1): 79. 2020 wfo-1000020901
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira minute L. Sp. Pl. 64 1753 — wfo-0001095699
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira missurica Spreng. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 1: 68. 1893 (1893) wfo-1000038438
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira mucronulata Sennen Cat. Fl. Rif Orient. 128. 1933 (1933) wfo-0000845122
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira multiculmis var. expansa Martrin-Donos Fl. Tarn 794. 1864 wfo-1200013518
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira navicularis Schreb. ex Muhl. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3: 161. 1793 (1793) wfo-0000845129
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira nivea Host Fl. Austriac. [Host] 2: 8. 1831 wfo-0000845134
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira notarisiana Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 221 (1854) wfo-0000845135
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira nubigena Skottsb. Acta Horti Gothob. 2: 208. 1926 wfo-0000845138
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira paradoxa Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 223 (1854) wfo-0000845154
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira pilosa Kit. Linnaea 32(3): 310. 1864 [Sep 1864] wfo-0000845163
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira polygama Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 42 (1923) wfo-0000845168
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira praecox var. caryophyllea (L.) Royer Fl. Côte d' Or 1: 576. 1881 wfo-1200013644
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira praecox var. multiculmis (Dumort.) Royer Fl. Côte d' Or 1: 576. 1881 wfo-1200013694
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira saburralis Jan ex Guss. Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1: 148. 1843 (1843) wfo-1000038296
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira sediformis Host ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 1: 45 1840 — wfo-0000845203
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira semineutra Waldst. & Kit. Oestr. Fl. 1: 199. 1794 (1794) wfo-1000038461
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira serotina Torr.sec.Trin. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 45 (1840) wfo-0000845205
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira setiformis Host Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 45 (1840) wfo-0000845208
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira speciosa Muhl. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3: 161. 1793 (1793) wfo-0000845212
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira spectabilis Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 224 (1854) wfo-0000845215
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira tenorei subsp. mixta (Godr.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 53. 1890 (1890) wfo-1200012431
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira tenorei var. aristata Bonnet & Barratte Expl. Sci. Tunisie, Cat. Pl. 461. 1896 wfo-1200013766
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira tenorei var. mutica Godr. Fl. France 3(2): 504. 1856 wfo-1200013785
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira tremula Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 42 (1923) wfo-0000845241
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Aira violacea (Boiss.) Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 223. 1854 (1854) wfo-1000038446