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Calamagrostis Adans.

This genus name was first published in Fam. Pl. 2: 31 (1763)  

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-4000005939.

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Synonyms of Calamagrostis

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Ammocalamagrostis P.Fourn. Monde Pl. 35: 28 (1934) wfo-4000001615
Ammophila Host Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 4: 24, t. 41 (1809) wfo-4000001630
Ancistrochloa Honda J. Jap. Bot. 12: 18 (1936) wfo-4000001919
Anisachne Keng J. Washington Acad. Sci. 48: 117 (1958) wfo-4000002147
Athernotus Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 74 (1867) wfo-4000003546
Calammophila Brand ex Rauschert Feddes Repert. 88: 309 (1977) wfo-4000005945
Chamaecalamus Meyen Observ. Bot. 1: 456 (1834) wfo-4000007572
Deyeuxia Clarion ex P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 43 (1812) wfo-4000011261
Psamma P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 143 (1812) wfo-4000031293
Sclerodeyeuxia Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 74: 19 (1947) wfo-4000034728
Stilpnophleum Nevski Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 143 (1937) wfo-4000036721
Stylagrostis Mez Bot. Arch. 1: 20 (1922) wfo-4000036978

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis admiranda Charit. Vestn. Tobol'skoi Gosud. Sotsial'no-Pedagog. Akad. 3: 52, 56: f. 1.6. 2011 wfo-1000049193
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis aemula var. aemula – – wfo-0001392903
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis alba subsp. alba – – — wfo-0001097050
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis amoena var. amoena – – — wfo-0001266726
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis antoniana Steud. Berberid. Amer. Austral. : 56 (1857) wfo-0000856979
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis arenosa Charit. Vestn. Tobol'skoi Gosud. Sotsial'no-Pedagog. Akad. 3: 52 (-53, 56: f. 1.1). 2011 wfo-1000049194
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis aristata Charit. Vestn. Tobol'skoi Gosud. Sotsial'no-Pedagog. Akad. 5: 122 2013 wfo-1200040897
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis armata var. armata – – — wfo-0001097128
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis brachytricha var. inaequata (Hack. ex Honda) Yonek. J. Jap. Bot. 80(6): 332. 2005 [Dec 2005] wfo-0001399952
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis brevifolia var. brevifolia – – — wfo-0001266736
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis bromoides Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 1: 44. 1818 [14 Jul 1818] wfo-0000857094
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis cabrerae var. cabrerae – – — wfo-0001266737
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis caerulea Charit. Vestn. Tobol'skoi Gosud. Sotsial'no-Pedagog. Akad. 5: 122. 2013 , as 'caeruleae' wfo-1000049275
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis canadensis var. typica Stebbins Rhodora 32: 40. 1930 wfo-0001398040
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis canescens subsp. canescens – – — wfo-1200108451
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis capensis Stapf – — wfo-0001098183
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis caucasica subsp. caucasica – – — wfo-1200108352
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis chenteensis Galanin Fl. Daurii 2: 42 (2009) wfo-0001336514
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis chrysantha var. chrysantha – – — wfo-0001266727
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis compressa Charit. Florogen. Komm. Zelenoi Knige Sibiri (Lesa, Poimennye Kompleksy) 161 (-162) 2010 wfo-1200040904
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis congesta Charit. Vestn. Tobol'skoi Gosud. Sotsial'no-Pedagog. Akad. 3: 51, 56: f. 1.3. 2011 wfo-1000049191
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis cordechii var. cordechii – – — wfo-0001266728
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis curta (Wedd.) Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 42: 61 1908 — wfo-0001279501
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis curtissii (Vasey) Vasey Bot. Gaz. 15: 269 (1890) wfo-1000078162
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis cylindrica (Benth.) V.Vassiljev Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 63 1961 wfo-0001350618
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis cylindrica (Benth.) V.Vassiljev 68 1963 wfo-0001350619
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis dahurica Galanin Fl. Daurii 2: 43 (2009) wfo-0001336785
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis deserticola var. deserticola – – — wfo-0001266729
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis dioica (Lour.) Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 193 (1854) wfo-0000857229
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis egmontiana Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2: 511 1817 — wfo-0001219234
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis eminens f. eminens – – — wfo-0001266787
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis eminens var. eminens – – — wfo-0001249087
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis epigejos subsp. epigejos – – — wfo-1200108660
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis epigejos subsp. macrolepis (Litv.) Tzvelev in Fl. Severo-Vostoka Evropeiskoi Chasti SSSR 1: 154 (Aug. 1974). wfo-0001368561
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis epigejos subsp. macrolepis (Litv.) Tzvelev Fl. Evropeiskoi Chasti SSSR 1: 223. 1974 [Sep 1974] wfo-0001368562
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis epigejos subsp. rigens (Lindgr.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 799. 1882 (1882) wfo-1200012982
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis epigejos var. densiflora Ldb. – — wfo-0001098336
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis epigejos var. huebneriana (Rchb.) Grutt. Schriften Konigl. Phys.-Okon. Ges. Konigsberg 34: 45. 1893 wfo-1200014989
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis filiformis var. preissii (Nees) Pilg. - wfo-0001255215
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis gayana var. gayana – – — wfo-0001266730
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis hartmanniana Fries. – — wfo-0001097432
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis inexpansa var. typica Stebbins Rhodora 32: 48. 1930 wfo-0001398041
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis inundata Charit. Florogen. Komm. Zelenoi Knige Sibiri (Stepi, Solontsy) 120. 2010 , as 'inudata' wfo-1000049257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis kamczatica Maxim. ex Kom. Fl. Kamtschatka 1: 147 (1927) wfo-0000857476
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis kolymensis Kom. – — wfo-0001097433
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis langsdorfii var. minor (Meinsh.) Litv. Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. SSSR Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 8: 168 1918 — wfo-0001098373
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis laxa Hegetschw. Fl. Schweiz : 65 (1838) wfo-0000857579
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis lonana Eggenb. & Leibundg. Candollea 78(1): 3 2023 wfo-1000045357
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis longearistata var. longearistata – – — wfo-0001098541
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis minor var. minor – – wfo-0001392912
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis monarovii UEA*752 – — wfo-0001099430
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis montevidensis var. montevidensis – – — wfo-0001097283
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis neglecta f. borealis (C.Laest.) Porsild – wfo-0001323710
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis neglecta var. alpina Laest. Fl. Arct. 104. 1902 wfo-0001398042
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis neglecta var. gracilis Scribn. – wfo-0001398043
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis ovata var. ovata – – — wfo-0001266731
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis pflanzii var. pflanzii – – — wfo-0001252040
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis phragmitoides var. elata (Blytt) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 799. 1882 wfo-1200014810
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis phragmitoides var. minor Meinsh. 457 457 1878 — wfo-0001098375
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis polygama subsp. polygama – – — wfo-0001266732
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis porteri subsp. typica R.T.Clausen Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem. 291: 11. 1949 wfo-0001367983
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis pseudophragmites subsp. pseudophragmites – – — wfo-1200108679
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis purpurea subsp. purpurea – – — wfo-1200107660
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis rosea f. inserta Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires ser. 3, 6: 480. 1906 wfo-0001325341
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis rosea f. pallidis Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires ser. 3, 6: 480. 1906 wfo-0001325340
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis rosea f. typica Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires ser. 3, 6: 480. 1906 wfo-0001325394
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis scabrescens Franch. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. , sér. 2, 10: 105 (1887 publ. 1888) wfo-0000857988
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis schiedeana Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(3): 193. 1854 [1855 publ. 12-13 Apr 1854] wfo-0000857992
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis setifolia (Hook.f.) Cockayne Rep. Bot. Surv. Tongariro Natl. Park : 35 (1908) wfo-0000858016
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis smirnowi Litv. ex Petrov Fl. Iakut. 1: 206 (1930) wfo-0000858025
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis sodiroana Hack. ex Sodiro Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 3(25): 481 (1889) wfo-0000858026
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis spicigera var. spicigera – – — wfo-0001266733
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis stricta Hegetschw. Fl. Schweiz : 66 (1838) wfo-0000858043
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis stricta Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 253. 1824 [dated 1825; publ. in late 1824] wfo-0000858044
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis subchalybaea Tzvelev – — wfo-0001099428
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis subscabra Charit. Vestn. Tobol'skoi Gosud. Sotsial'no-Pedagog. Akad. 3: 51 (-52). 2011 , as 'subcabra' wfo-1000049192
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis subvivipara Charit. Vestn. Tobol'skoi Gosud. Sotsial'no-Pedagog. Akad. 3: 50 (-51, 56: f. 1.4-5). 2011 wfo-1000049190
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis sukatschewii Roshev. – — wfo-0001096084
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis sylvatios Besser Prim. Fl. Galiciae Austriac. i. 70. 1809 wfo-0000858093
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis tarmensis var. tarmensis – – — wfo-0001266734
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis tenuissima Charit. Vestn. Tobol'skoi Gosud. Sotsial'no-Pedagog. Akad. 5: 122 (-123). 2013 wfo-1000049276
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis turczniowii Litv. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 2: 115 1921 — wfo-0001099472
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis varia subsp. varia – – — wfo-1200108436
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis variegata Rojas Acosta Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes : 190 (1897) wfo-0000858152
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis vegeta Nakai ex Makino & Nemoto Fl. Japan , ed. 2: 1329 (1931) wfo-0000858159
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis velutina var. velutina – – — wfo-0001097232
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis violacea (Wedd.) Hitchc. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24(8): 377 1927 — wfo-0001096153
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis violacea var. violacea – – — wfo-0001266735
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis viridiflavescens var. viridiflavescens – – — wfo-0001097231
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Calamagrostis zangxiensis P.C.Kuo & S.L.Lu Fl. Xizang. 5: 215 1987 — wfo-0001099473