Avellinia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Aveninae
Genus: Avellinia
Species: A. festucoides – A. longiaristata

Avellinia Parl., Pl. Nov.: 59 (1842).

Type species: Avellinia michelii (Savi) Parl., Pl. Nov.: 61 (1842) (= Avellinia festucoides (Link) Valdés & H.Scholz, Willdenowia 36: 662. (2006))

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Canary Islands (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Palestine, Turkey.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: Australia
  - South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia (introduced).

Parlatore, F. 1842. Plantae novae vel minus notae opusculis diversis olim descriptae: generibus quibusdam speciebusque novis adjectis iterum recognitae. Gide, Paris. 87 pp. MDZ Reference page.

Valdés, B. & Scholz, H. 2006. The Euro Med treatment of Gramineae — a generic synopsis and some new names. Willdenowia 36(2): 657–669. DOI: 10.3372/wi.36.36202 Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Avellinia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 June 5. Reference page.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Avellinia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2021 June 6.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Avellinia. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31.
Tropicos.org 2021. Avellinia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 June 2021.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Avellinia. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Avellinia. .