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Agrostis filiformis (G.Forst.) Biehler, Pl. Nov. Herb. Spreng.: 7 (1807), nom. illeg.

This name is a synonym.

Accepted Name: Agrostis avenacea J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat.: 171 (1791).

Family: Poaceae
The Grass family has recently been transferred from GrassBase and is still being edited, but it has been made available provisionally due to user demand. The geographical data in particular is incomplete.
 
Homotypic Synonyms:

* Avena filiformis G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr.: 9 (1786).

Agrostis avenacea J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat.: 171 (1791).

Agrostis novae-hollandiae P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 148 (1812), nom. superfl.

Agrostis solandri F.Muell., Veg. Chatham-Isl.: 60 (1864), nom. superfl.

Calamagrostis filiformis (G.Forst.) Cockayne, Rep. Bot. Surv. Tongariro Nat. Park: 35 (1908), nom. illeg.

Deyeuxia filiformis (G.Forst.) Petrie in C.Chilton, Subantarctic Isl. N. Zeal. 2: 474 (1909), nom. illeg.

Calamagrostis avenacea (J.F.Gmel.) W.R.B.Oliv., Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 49: 127 (1917).


* Basionym/Replaced Synonym


Original Compiler: W.D.Clayton, R.Govaerts, K.T.Harman, H.Williamson & M.Vorontsova

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