Biology:Helictotrichon pratense

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Short description: Species of grass


Helictotrichon pratense
Helictotrichon pratense - Berlin Botanical Garden - IMG 8565.JPG
Scientific classification
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H. pratense
Binomial name
Helictotrichon pratense
(L.) Besser

Helictotrichon pratense, known as meadow oat-grass,[1] is a species of perennial flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, found in temperate parts of Europe, North Africa,[citation needed] and Asia. Its culms are erect and 30–85 cm long; leaves are mostly basal. It is restricted to shallow, calcareous soils such as those formed on chalk and limestone substrates. [2]

Synonyms

  • Arrhenatherum pratense (L.) Samp.
  • Avena pratensis L.
  • Avenochloa pratensis (L.) Holub
  • Avenula pratensis (L.) Dumort.
  • Avenula pratense
  • Helictochloa pratensis Romero Zarco [3]:1072

References

  1. (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17 
  2. Cope, Tom; Gray, Alan (2009). Grasses of the British Isles: BSBI Handbook No.13. Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. ISBN 978-0-901158-420. 
  3. Stace, Clive (2019). New Flora of the British Isles (4 ed.). Middlewood Green, Suffolk, England: C and M Floristics. pp. 1266. ISBN 9781527226302. 

See also

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  • Rzut. Oka Jeogr. Fiz. Wol. Pod. 10. 1828
  • Roser, M. 1995. Taxon 44:395.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. [Avenula pratensis (L.) Dumort.].
  • Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR.

Wikidata ☰ Q159268 entry