Category Archives: Poaceae

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Phleum// Species: Phleum phleoides (L.) H. Karst. Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980). Distribution: Native to North Africa, Europe to Siberia, Northeast China and Iran according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Habitat: Grasslands/ pastures, rockyContinue reading “Phleum phleoides (L.) H. Karst.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Rostraria// Species: Rostraria cristata (L.) Tzvelev. Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980) as Lophochloa cristata (L.) Hyl., Bot. Not. 1953: 355 (1953). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Valdés et al., 2009+) is Rostraria cristata (L.) Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vysš. Rast. 7:Continue reading “Rostraria cristata (L.) Tzvelev (syn. Lophochloa cristata (L.) Hyl.)”

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Hordeum// Species: Hordeum bulbosum L. Determined according to the botanical key provided by Humphries in Tutin et al. (1980). Distribution: Native from the Mediterranean to West and Central Asia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Habitat:  Grasslands, clearings of oak forests and ruderal areas.Continue reading “Hordeum bulbosum L.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Phleum// Species: Phleum alpinum L. Determined according to the botanical key provided by Humphries in Tutin et al. (1980). Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system. Distribution: Native from Subarctic and Temperate Northern Hemisphere to Guatemala; South America – Chile and Argentina; South Georgia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the WorldContinue reading “Phleum alpinum L.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Poa// Species: Poa bulbosa L. Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980). Distribution: Native from Europe to Xinjiang, Himalaya and Arabian Peninsula; Macaronesia, North and East Africa, South Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens,Continue reading “Poa bulbosa L.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Avena// Species: Avena sterilis L.// Subspecies: Avena sterilis L. subsp. sterilis. Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980). Distribution: Native from the Mediterranean to East Europe, Pakistan and Kenya, Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (RoyalContinue reading “Avena sterilis L. subsp. sterilis”

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Anthoxanthum // Species: Anthoxanthum aristatum Boiss. Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980). Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, Northwest Africa, South to Southeast Europe according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Habitat:  Dry and open habitats – dryContinue reading “Anthoxanthum aristatum Boiss.”

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Vulpia // Species: Vulpia unilateralis (L.) Stace. Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980). Distribution: Native from West Europe to the Mediterranean, West and Central Asia to West Hymalaya according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (acceptedContinue reading “Vulpia unilateralis (L.) Stace”

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Ochlopoa // Species: Ochlopoa annua (L.) H. Scholz. Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980) as Poa annua L. The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Valdés et all., 2009) is Ochlopoa annua (L.) H. Scholz. Distribution: Native from the Temperate Old World to Cameroon and EastContinue reading “Ochlopoa annua (L.) H. Scholz (syn. Poa annua L.)”

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Milium // Species: Milium vernale M. Bieb. Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980). Distribution: Native to West Europe, Mediterranean and East Europe to West and Central Asia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Habitat: Continue reading “Milium vernale M. Bieb.”