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177.0000 Family Poaceae Barnhart; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7 (1895), nom. cons., nom. alt.
ca. 800 genera, ca. 12.000 spp. worldwide. Systematics following Soreng et al. (2017) and Soreng et al. (2022)
Species listed in database: 12170; hybrids: 389
= Aegilopaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 221 (1820)
= Agrostidaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 264 (1820)
= Alopecuraceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 19 (1820)
= Andropogonaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 28 (1820)
= Anomochloaceae Nakai; Chosakuronbun Mokuroku [Ord. Fam. Trib. Gen. Sect. ... nov. ed.]: 222 (1943)
= Anthoxanthaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271 (1827)
= Arundinaceae Döll; Rhein. Fl. [Döll] 60 (1843)
= Arundinellaceae Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 136 (1940)
= Asperellaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 106, 270 (1827)
= Avenaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 60. 31 (1820)
= Bambusaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Bromaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 264 (1820)
= Cenchraceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 9, 268 (1827)
= Chaeturaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 106, 269 (1827)
= Chloridaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Chondrosaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 269 (1827)
= Coleanthaceae Pfeiff.; Nomencl. Bot. [Pfeiffer] 1(2): 818. ante (1873)
= Cynodontaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 51, 269 (1827)
= Cynosuraceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271, 272 (1827)
= Echinariaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271 (1827)
= Ehrhartaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271 (1827)
= Eragrostidaceae Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 145 (1940)
= Festucaceae Spreng.; Fl. Comit. Pest. 1: 28 (1825)
= Glyceriaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271 (1827)
= Gramineae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 28 (1789), nom. cons.
= Holcaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 252 (1833)
= Hordeaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Laguraceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 250 (1833)
= Lepturaceae Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 147 (1940)
= Loliaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 6, 267 (1827)
= Melicaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 390 (1820)
= Miliaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 91, 270 (1827)
= Nardaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 413 (1820)
= Olyraceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Ophiuraceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 3, 268 (1827)
= Oryzaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Panicaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 264 (1820)
= Pappophoraceae Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 145 (1940)
= Parianaceae Nakai; Chosakuronbun Mokuroku [Ord. Fam. Trib. Gen. Sect. ... nov. ed.]: 222 (1943)
= Paspalaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 47, 269 (1827)
= Phalaridaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 250 (1833)
= Pharaceae Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 139 (1940)
= Phleaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 269 (1827)
= Saccharaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Sesleriaceae Döll; Rhein. Fl. [Döll] 60 (1843)
= Spartinaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 46, 268 (1827)
= Stipaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 264 (1820)
= Streptochaetaceae Nakai; Chosakuronbun Mokuroku [Ord. Fam. Trib. Gen. Sect. ... nov. ed.]: 222 (1943)
= Triticaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 22, 268 (1827)
= Zeaceae A.J.Kern.; Pflanzenleben 2: 651 (1891)
= Zoysiaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 8, 268 (1827)
177.4935 Genus Leucopoa Griseb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 383 (1852)
Distribution: montane temperate Eurasia. The genus is frequently included in Festuca s. lat.
Species listed in database: 10
species :
Leucopoa albida (Turcz. ex Trin.) V.I.Krecz. & Bobrov; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 2: 495 (1934)
Distribution: Siberia (Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, Yakutia); Russian Far East (Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan); Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Afghanistan; China (Nei Mongol, NE-China); Mongolia; Pakistan (Chitral, Gilgit, Baltistan, Karakorum)
30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KGZ TZK UZB 34 AFG 36 CHI 37 MON 40 PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Festuca albida (Turcz. ex Trin.) Malyschev; Vysokogorn. Fl. Sayana 68 (1965), p. p. non Lowe (1831)
= Festuca sibirica Hack. ex Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 626 (1884)
= Festuca sibirica subvar. karoi St.-Yves; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 71: 132 (1924)
= Festuca sichotensis var. brevipaniculata Krivot.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 17: 77 (1955), no Latin descr.
= Koeleria sibirica Rudolph ex Griseb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 383 (1852), pro syn.
= Leucopoa kreczetoviczii Sobolevsk.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 14: 75 (1951)
= Leucopoa sibirica Griseb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 383 (1852), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Poa albida Turcz. ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 387 (1830)
= Schedonorus transparens Munro ex Lipsky; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 26: 610 (1910), pro syn.
species :
Leucopoa carpatica (F.Dietr.) H.Scholz; Willdenowia 35(2): 242 (2005)
Name: Karpaten-Schwingel
Distribution: S-Poland; Slovakia; Romania; W-Ukraine
11 POL SLO 13 ROM 14 UKR
Synonyms: hidden
= Amphigenes carpathica Janka; Linnaea 30: 619 (1860)
= Amphigenes nutans Janka; Linnaea 30: 619 (1860), nom. inval.
= Festuca carpatica F.Dietr.; Vollst. Lex. Gärtn., Nachtr. 3: 333 (1817)
= Festuca carpatica f. elatior Krajina; Polska Akad. Umiejetn. Rozpr. Wydz. Mat.-Przyr., Dzial B, Nauki Biol. 9: 219 (1930)
= Festuca carpatica f. subflavescens Zapał.; Rozpr. Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn., Dzial B, Nauki Biol., Ser. 3, 4B(44B): 184 (1905)
= Festuca dimorpha Janka; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 16: 101 (1866) et auct.
= Festuca pseudolaxa Schur; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 8: 22 (1858), nomen
species :
Leucopoa caucasica (Boiss.) V.I.Krecz. & Bobrov; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 2: 496 (1934)
Distribution: Northern Caucasus (incl. Daghestan); Georgia [Caucasus] (Abkhazia, Mtiuleti)
33 GEO NCS
Synonyms: hidden
= Festuca caucasica (Boiss.) Hack. ex Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 626 (1884)
= Festuca caucasica (Boiss.) Hack. ex Trautv.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9(1): 401 (1884)
= Festuca sibirica var. caucasica Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 626 (1884)
species :
Leucopoa dimorpha (Guss.) H.Scholz & Foggi; Willdenowia 35(2): 243 (2005)
Distribution: SE-France; C-Italy; NW-Italy
12 FRA 13 ITA
Synonyms: hidden
= Festuca dimorpha Guss.; Pl. Rar. Neapol. [Gussone] 34 (1826)
= Festuca dimorpha var. majellensis Gand.; Nov. Consp. Fl. Eur. 504 (1910)
= Festuca laxa subsp. dimorpha (Guss.) St.-Yves; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 71: 132 (1924)
species :
Leucopoa hedgei Bor; Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 70: 71 (1970)
Distribution: Afghanistan (Bamyan)
34 AFG
Synonyms: hidden
= Festuca hedgei (Bor) E.B.Alexeev; Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 82(3): 100 (1977)
species :
Leucopoa komarovii (Krivot.) P.M.Peterson, Romasch. & Soreng; J. Pl. Taxon. & Geogr. (Webbia) 80(2): 214 (2025)
Distribution: Siberia (Buryatia, Irkutsk); Mongolia
30 SIB 37 MON
Synonyms: hidden
= Festuca komarovii Krivot.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 17: 80 (1955)
= Festuca sibirica var. planifolia Roshev.; Fl. Zabaical. [Fedtschenko] 1: 87 (1929)
species :
Leucopoa laxa (Host) H.Scholz & Foggi; Willdenowia 35(2): 243 (2005)
Name: Schlaffer Schwingel
Distribution: S-Austria; Slovenia
11 AUT 13 SLV
Synonyms: hidden
= Festuca laxa Host; Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 2: 58 (1802)
species :
Leucopoa olgae (Regel) V.I.Krecz. & Bobrov; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., eds.] 2: 495 (1934)
Distribution: Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Afghanistan (Wakhan, Herat, Orozgan / Daykundi); China (Xinjiang, Yunnan); Tibet; Pakistan (Baltistan); NW-India (Jammu & Kashmir)
32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB 34 AFG 36 CHI TIB 40 IND PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Colpodium afghanicum Bor; Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 70: 57 (1970)
= Festuca deasyi Rendle; J. Bot. 38: 429 (1900)
= Festuca olgae (Regel) Krivot.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 56 (1960)
= Festuca olgae subsp. deasyi (Rendle) Tzvelev; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 9: 30 (1972)
= Festuca olgae var. deasyi (Rendle) Tzvelev; Rast. Tsentral. Azii 4: 163 (1968)
= Festuca sibirica var. deasyi (Rendle) St.-Yves; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 71: 132 (1924)
= Leucopoa deasyi (Rendle) L.Liu; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 9(2): 232 (2002)
= Lolium olgae (Regel) Sennikov; Checkl. Vasc. Pl. Tian-Shan 83 (2021)
= Molinia olgae Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 625 (1880)
species :
Leucopoa spectabilis (Bertol.) H.Scholz & Foggi; Willdenowia 35(2): 243 (2005)
subspecies :
subsp. spectabilis
Distribution: Italy; Croatia; Albania; Bulgaria; Greece (rare mountains of NW-, C-Greece, N-Peloponnisos)
13 ALB BUL CRO GRC ITA
Synonyms: hidden
= Festuca affinis Boiss. & Heldr.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2(4): 137 (1859), pro syn.
= Festuca affinis Hack.; Exsicc. (Fl. Graec.) 1852: no. 2776 (1852)
= Festuca affinis var. multiflora (Boiss. & Heldr.) Markgr.-Dann.; Veröff. Geobot. Inst. ETH Stiftung Rübel Zürich 56: 170 (1976)
= Festuca cyllenica var. multiflora Boiss. & Heldr.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2(4): 137 (1859)
= Festuca sieberi Tausch; Flora 20: 127 (1837)
= Festuca spadicea var. nemorosa Pollini; Fl. Veron. 1: 117 (1822)
= Festuca spectabilis Bertol.; Fl. Ital. [Bertoloni] 1: 612 (1834)
= Festuca spectabilis subsp. affinis (Boiss. & Heldr. ex Hack.) Hack.; Monogr. Festuc. Eur. 189 (1882)
= Leucopoa spectabilis subsp. affinis (Hack.) H.Scholz & Foggi; Willdenowia 35: 243 (2005)
subspecies :
subsp. carniolica (Hack.) H.Scholz & Foggi; Willdenowia 35(2): 243 (2005)
Distribution: Italy; Slovenia
13 ITA SLV
Synonyms: hidden
= Festuca carniolica (Hack.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. [K.Richter] 1: 106 (1890)
= Festuca sieberi subsp. carniolica (Hack.) Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 2(1): 530 (1900)
= Festuca spectabilis subsp. carniolica (Hack.) Hayek; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 30: 288 (1932)
= Festuca spectabilis var. carniolica Hack.; Monogr. Festuc. Eur. 189 (1882)
subspecies :
subsp. croatica (A.J.Kern.) Foggi, Parolo, Gr.Rossi, Ardenghi & Quercioli; Inform. Bot. Ital. 42(1): 351 (2010)
Distribution: Croatia
13 CRO
Synonyms: hidden
= Festuca croatica A.J.Kern.; Sched. Fl. Exs. Austro-Hung. [Kerner] 1: 105 (1881)
species :
Leucopoa stygia (H.Scholz & Strid) H.Scholz & Foggi; Willdenowia 35(2): 243 (2005)
Distribution: S-Greece (N-Peloponnisos)
13 GRC
Synonyms: hidden
= Festuca stygia H.Scholz & A.Strid; Willdenowia 22(1-2): 85 (1992)
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