Sesleria

Sesleria
Sesleria sadlerana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Sesleriinae
Genus: Sesleria
Scop.
Type species
Sesleria caerulea
Synonyms[2]
  • Diptychum Dulac
  • Psilathera Link

Sesleria is a genus of perennial plants in the grass family.[3][4][5][6] They are native to Eurasia and North Africa. They are found in Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Crete, Crimea, Lebanon, Morocco, North Caucasus, Poland, Romania, Sardina, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine and Yugoslavia.[7]

The genus was circumscribed by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in Fl. Carniol. on page 189 in 1760.[7]

The genus name of Sesleria is in honour of Leonard Sesler (d. 1785), German-Italian doctor and botanist who maintained a large botanical garden.[8]

Species

Kew accepts 36 species;[7]

It formerly included; species now considered better suited in other genera such as: Aeluropus, Ammochloa, Bouteloua, Dactylis, Elytrophorus, Festuca, Koeleria, Oreochloa, Poa, Sclerochloa, Sesleriella, Triodia and Triraphis.[9]

References

  1. ^ lectotype designated by Hubbard in Farr et al., Ind. Nom. Genericorum 3: 1607 (1979)
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Scopoli, Joannes Antonius. 1760. Flora Carniolica 189
  4. ^ Tropicos, Sesleria Scop.
  5. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Sesleria
  6. ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  7. ^ a b c "Sesleria Scop. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  8. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  9. ^ The Plant List search for Sesleria


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