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Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer
Taxonomic Serial No.: 565865

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Species
	Synonym(s):	Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin.
		Aira flexuosa L.
		Lerchenfeldia flexuosa (L.) Schur
		Avenella flexuosa ssp. montana (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
		Lerchenfeldia flexuosa ssp. montana (L.) Tzvelev
		Deschampsia flexuosa var. flexuosa (L.) Trin.
		Deschampsia flexuosa var. montana (L.) Griseb.
		Deschampsia flexuosa var. pallida Berl.
		Deschampsia flexuosa ssp. montana (L.) K. Richt.
		Aira montana L.
		Aira versicolor Roem. & Schult.
		Aira vestita Steud.
		Arundo flexuosa (L.) Clairv.
		Avena flexuosa (L.) Mert. & Koch
		Avenella flexuosa (L.) Parl.
		Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Nees
		Deschampsia fuegina Phil.
		Deschampsia macloviana Gand.
		Deschampsia martinii Phil.
		Deschampsia nitida J. Presl
		Deschampsia philippii Macloskie
		Deschampsia tenella Phil.
		Deschampsia vestita (Steud.) Hauman
		Podionapus flexuosus (L.) Dulac
		Salmasia flexuosa (L.) Bubani
		Aira flexuosa var. montana Brongn.
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

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	Avenella (Bluff & Fingerh.) Drejer
	Species	Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer

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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:	Avenella flexuosa

	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:	Avenella flexuosa

	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:	Avenella flexuosa

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Geographic Information


	Geographic Division:	North America
		South America

	Jurisdiction/Origin:	Alaska, Introduced
		Canada, Native
		Continental US, Native

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