Biology:Agrostis castellana

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Poaceae

Agrostis castellana
Agrostis castellana.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Agrostis
Species:
A. castellana
Binomial name
Agrostis castellana
Boiss. & Reut.
Synonyms[1]

Agrostis castellana, the highland bent, dryland bent or dryland browntop, is a species of cool-season grass in the family Poaceae.[2][3][4] It is native to Macaronesia and the Mediterranean, has been widely introduced elsewhere, and is considered an invasive species in some locales.[1][5] It is a hyperaccumulator of zinc and lead.[6][7]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Agrostis castellana Boiss. & Reut." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/271894-2. 
  2. "Agrostis castellana Boiss. & Reut.". Pl@ntNet. 2022. https://identify.plantnet.org/the-plant-list/species/Agrostis%20castellana%20Boiss.%20&%20Reut./data. "... Highland Bentgrass" 
  3. "Agrostis castellana Highland Bent I". British Wild Flower. 29 January 2013. https://www.ukwildflowers.com/Web_pages/agrostis_castellana_highland_bent.htm. 
  4. "Agrostis castellana Boiss. & Reuter". SEINet Portal Network. https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=71249. 
  5. "Agrostis castellana". CAB International. 19 November 2019. https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/112062. 
  6. Gutiérrez-Ginés, Mª J.; Pastor, J.; Hernández, A. J. (2015). "Heavy Metals in Native Mediterranean Grassland Species Growing at Abandoned Mine Sites: Ecotoxicological Assessment and Phytoremediation of Polluted Soils". Heavy Metal Contamination of Soils. Soil Biology. 44. pp. 159–178. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-14526-6_9. ISBN 978-3-319-14525-9. 
  7. Schat, H.; Llugany, M.; Vooijs, R.; Hartley-Whitaker, J.; Bleeker, P. M. (2002). "The role of phytochelatins in constitutive and adaptive heavy metal tolerances in hyperaccumulator and non-hyperaccumulator metallophytes". Journal of Experimental Botany 53 (379): 2381–2392. doi:10.1093/jxb/erf107. PMID 12432030. 

Wikidata ☰ Q163465 entry