Molinia
| Molinia | |
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| Molinia caerulea (right)[2] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Arundinoideae |
| Tribe: | Molinieae |
| Subtribe: | Moliniinae |
| Genus: | Molinia Schrank |
| Type species | |
| Molinia varia | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Molinia, or moor grass, is a
The genus is named after Juan Ignacio Molina, a 19th-century Chilean naturalist.[8]
- Molinia caerulea (L.) Moench - (purple moor grass) - Eurasia + northern Africa from Ireland + Morocco to Ethiopia + Kazakhstan; naturalized in parts of United States + Canada
- Kuril
- formerly included[3]
see
- Molinia aquatica - Catabrosa aquatica
- Molinia distans - Puccinellia distans
- Molinia distans var. reptans - Puccinellia maritima
- Molinia fauriei - Diarrhena fauriei
- Molinia fluitans - Glyceria fluitans
- Molinia maritima - Puccinellia maritima
- Molinia maxima - Glyceria maxima
- Molinia olgae - Festuca olgae
- Molinia pendulina - Arctophila fulva
- Molinia plicata - Glyceria fluitans
- Molinia remota - Poa remota
- Molinia retusa - Disakisperma dubium
- Molinia serotina - Cleistogenes serotina
- Molinia spiculosa - Glyceria spiculosa
- Molinia squarrosa - Cleistogenes squarrosa
References
- ^ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 772: 50 (1920)
- ^ 1885 illustration by Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885, Gera, Germany
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Schrank, Franz von Paula von 1789. Baiersche Flora 1: 100, 334
- ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 447 麦氏草属 mai shi cao shu Molinia Schrank, Baier. Fl. 1: 100, 334. 1789
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Molinia
- S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ The Plant List search for Molinia
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