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Taxon:  Aira cupaniana Guss.



Summary
Genus:
Aira
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Airinae
Nomen number:
401500
Place of publication:
Fl. sicul. syn. 1:148. 1843
Verified:
08/02/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. Flora of Libya. 1976-
  2. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
  3. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58. 1990
  4. Howell, C. J. & J. W. D. Sawyer. New Zealand naturalised vascular plant checklist. 2006 http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/publications/Naturalised-list-06-new.pdf
  5. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. 2008 http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp
  6. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
  7. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. 1931-1941 Note: = A. uniaristata Lag. & Rodr.
  8. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  9. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
  10. Randall, R. P. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. 2007 http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/intro_flora_australia.pdf
  11. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- Note: mentions
  12. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
English
silvery hair grass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya n.e.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Libya (n.e.), Morocco, Tunisia
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Uruguay
Economic Uses
Animal food
Weed
(fide Econ Pl Aust; Grass SAfr) –


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