Avenula

Avenula
Avenula pubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Tribe:	Aveneae
Genus:	Avenula (Dumort.) Dumort.
Binomial name
Avenula pubescens (Huds.)Dumort.
Synonyms
Trisetum sect. Avenula Dumort. Helictotrichon sect. Avenula (Dumort.) Tzvelev Avena pubescens Huds. Trisetum pubescens (Huds.) Roem. & Schult. Avenastrum pubescens (Huds.) Opiz Heuffelia pubescens (Huds.) Schur Arrhenatherum pubescens (Huds.) Samp. Helictotrichon pubescens (Huds.) Pilg. Avenochloa pubescens (Huds.) Holub Homalotrichon pubescens (Huds.) Banfi Neoholubia pubescens (Huds.) Tzvelev Avena sesquitertia L. Avena amethystina DC. Avena alopecuros Roth Avena carpatica Host Trisetum sesquitertium (L.) P.Beauv. Trisetaria carpatica (Host) Baumg. Trisetaria sesquitertia (L.) Baumg. Trisetum alopecuros (Roth) Roem. & Schult. Trisetum carpaticum (Host) Roem. & Schult. Avena lucida Bertol. Avena glabra K.Koch Avena baumgartenii Steud. Avena hugeninii De Not. ex Steud. Avena versicolor Baumg. ex Steud. Avena hirtifolia Boiss. Avena laevigata Schur Avena pseudolucida Schur Heuffelia laevigata (Schur) Schur Heuffelia lucida (Bertol.) Schur Avena balloniana Kirschl. Avenastrum sesquitertium (L.) Fritsch Avena insubrica (Asch. & Graebn.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Trisetum bornmuelleri Domin Avenastrum insubricum (Asch. & Graebn.) Fritsch Avenastrum laevigatum (Schur) Domin Helictotrichon laevigatum (Schur) Potztal Trisetaria bornmuelleri (Domin) H.Scholz

Avenula is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family. Over 100 names have been proposed for species, subspecies, varieties, and other infraspecific taxa within Avenula, but only one species is accepted. The others names are all regarded as synonyms of other accepted names. The only recognized species in the genus is Avenula pubescens, native to Europe and Asia from Iceland and Portugal to Xinjiang, Mongolia, and Siberia. It is also naturalized in scattered locations in North America.

Other genera containing species once included in Avenula: , Helictotrichon and Tricholemma.

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