Genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae
Not to be confused with Agrotis.
Bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Monocots
Clade:
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Supertribe:
Poodae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Agrostidinae
Genus:
Agrostis L.
Type species
Agrostis canina
L.[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Agraulus P.Beauv.
Agrestis Bubani
Anomalotis Steud.
Bromidium Nees & Meyen
Candollea Steud.
Decandolia T.Bastard
Didymochaeta Steud.
Linkagrostis Romero García, Blanca & C.Morales
Neoschischkinia Tzvelev
Notonema Raf.
Podagrostis (Griseb.) Scribn. & Merr.
Pentatherum Nábelek
Senisetum Honda
Trichodium Michx.
Vilfa Adans.
Agrostis (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world.[4][5][6][7][8][9] It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass.[10]
^lectotype designated by Philipson, J. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 51 (1937)
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^Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species Plantarum. Vol. 1. pp. 61-63.
^Watson, L.; Dallwitz, M.J. (2008). "Agrostis L." The Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
^Lu, Sheng-lian; Phillips, Sylvia M. "Agrostis". Flora of China. Vol. 22 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
^"Agrostis". Flora of Pakistan – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
^"Genere Agrostis". Altervista Flora Italiana. Includes photos and distribution maps of several species.
^"Agrostis". Ausgrass, Grasses of Australia.
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and lead. "Agrostis castellana Boiss. & Reut". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 January 2022. "Agrostis castellana...
pastures throughout the UK. Plants Profile for Agrostis Capillaris Retrieved 14 March 2010. "Agrostis capillaris". Germplasm Resources Information Network...
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