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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