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Agrostis L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 40389

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Agraulus P. Beauv.
		Agrestis Bubani
		Anomalotis Steud.
		Candollea Steud.
		Decandolia Bastard
		Heptaseta Koidz.
		Neoschischkinia Tzvelev
		Notonema Raf.
		Pentatherum Nábelek
		Senisetum Honda
		Trichodium Michx.
		Vilfa Adans.
	Common Name(s):	bentgrass

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	partial
	Latest Record Review:	2010

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Lilianae – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones
	Order	Poales
	Family	Poaceae – grasses, graminées
	Genus	Agrostis L. – bentgrass
		Direct Children:
	Variety	Agrostis idahoensis var. idahoensis Nash – Idaho bentgrass
	Subspecies	Agrostis vinealis ssp. vinealis Schreb. – brown bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis ambatoenis Asteg.
	Species	Agrostis anadyrensis Soczava
	Species	Agrostis arvensis Phil.
	Species	Agrostis bacillata Hack.
	Species	Agrostis basalis Luces
	Species	Agrostis blasdalei Hitchc. – Blasdale bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis bourgeaei E. Fourn.
	Species	Agrostis boyacensis Swallen & García-Barr.
	Species	Agrostis brachyathera Steud.
	Species	Agrostis breviculmis Hitchc.
	Species	Agrostis calderoniae Acosta Cast.
	Species	Agrostis canina L. – velvet bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis capillaris L. – colonial bentgrass, colonial bent
	Species	Agrostis castellana Boiss. & Reut. – bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis clavata Trin. – clavate bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis densiflora Vasey – California bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis elliottiana Schult. – Elliott's bentgrass, Elliot bentgrass, Elliott bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis exarata Trin. – spike bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis exserta Swallen
	Species	Agrostis foliata Hook. f.
	Species	Agrostis ghiesbreghtii E. Fourn.
	Species	Agrostis gigantea Roth – redtop, black bent, water bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis glabra (J. Presl) Kunth
	Species	Agrostis hallii Vasey – Hall's bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis hendersonii Hitchc. – Henderson's bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis hooveri Swallen – Hoover's bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis howellii Scribn. – Howell's bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. – winter bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis idahoensis Nash – Idaho bentgrass, Idaho redtop
	Species	Agrostis imberbis Phil.
	Species	Agrostis inconspicua Kunze ex E. Desv.
	Species	Agrostis insularis Rúgolo & A.M. Molina
	Species	Agrostis jahnii Luces
	Species	Agrostis kuntzei Mez
	Species	Agrostis laxissima Swallen
	Species	Agrostis lehmannii Swallen
	Species	Agrostis lenis Roseng., B.R. Arrill. & Izag.
	Species	Agrostis leptotricha E. Desv.
	Species	Agrostis liebmannii (E. Fourn.) Hitchc.
	Species	Agrostis longiberbis Hack. ex L.B. Sm.
	Species	Agrostis magellanica Lam.
	Species	Agrostis masafuerana Pilg.
	Species	Agrostis meridensis Luces
	Species	Agrostis mertensii Trin. – arctic bentgrass, northern bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis meyenii Trin.
	Species	Agrostis microphylla Steud. – small-leaf bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis montevidensis Spreng. ex Nees
	Species	Agrostis nebulosa Boiss. & Reut. – cloud bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis novogaliciana McVaugh
	Species	Agrostis oregonensis Vasey – Oregon bentgrass, Oregon redtop
	Species	Agrostis pallens Trin. – seashore bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck. – upland bentgrass, autumm bentgrass, upland bent
	Species	Agrostis philippiana Rúgolo & De Paula
	Species	Agrostis pittieri Hack.
	Species	Agrostis platensis Parodi
	Species	Agrostis reuteri Boiss.
	Species	Agrostis rosei Scribn. & Merr.
	Species	Agrostis rossiae Vasey – Ross' bentgrass, mountain bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis sandwicensis Hbd. – Hawai'i bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis scabra Willd. – rough bentgrass, rough bent, ticklegrass
	Species	Agrostis scabrifolia Swallen
	Species	Agrostis schaffneri E. Fourn.
	Species	Agrostis serranoi Phil.
	Species	Agrostis stolonifera L. – creeping bentgrass, carpet bentgrass, spreading bent, creeping bent, redtop, redtop bent, seaside bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis subpatens Hitchc.
	Species	Agrostis subrepens (Hitchc.) Hitchc.
	Species	Agrostis tenerrima Trin.
	Species	Agrostis tolucensis Kunth
	Species	Agrostis trichodes (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.
	Species	Agrostis turrialbae Mez
	Species	Agrostis uliginosa Phil.
	Species	Agrostis umbellata Colla
	Species	Agrostis variabilis Rydb. – mountain bentgrass, mountain redtop
	Species	Agrostis venezuelana Mez
	Species	Agrostis vidalii Phil.
	Species	Agrostis vinealis Schreb. – brown bentgrass
	Species	Agrostis virescens Kunth

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	Source:	Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)
	Acquired:	2009
	Notes:	Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html
	Reference for:	Agrostis

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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	Reference for:	Agrostis

	Source:	Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)
	Acquired:	2010
	Notes:	Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources
	Reference for:	Agrostis

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Agrostis

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Agrostis

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