Helictotrichon pratense

Helictotrichon pratense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Helictotrichon
Species: H. pratense
Binomial name
Helictotrichon pratense
(L.) Besser

Helictotrichon pratense, known as meadow oat-grass,[1] is a species of perennial grass in the Poaceae family, found in Europe, North Africa, and Asia. Its culms are erect and 30–85 cm long; leaves are mostly basal.

Synonyms

  • Arrhenatherum pratense (L.) Samp.
  • Avena pratensis L.
  • Avenochloa pratensis (L.) Holub
  • Avenula pratensis (L.) Dumort.
  • Avenula pratense

References

  1. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  • GrassBase entry
  • "Helictotrichon pratense". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
  • Rzut. Oka Jeogr. Fiz. Wol. Pod. 10. 1828
  • Roser, M. 1995. Taxon 44:395.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. [Avenula pratensis (L.) Dumort.].
  • Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR.


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