Avenula (Dumort.) Dumort.
Publ. & Syn.Dumort., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 68 (1868). - Trisetum sect. Avenula Dumort., Observ. Gramin. Belg.: 122 (1824).
NotesThe two species below have sometimes been assigned to Helictotrichon. Helictotrichon and Avenula are now mostly accepted to be separate genera (e.g., Soreng et al. 2003; Tucker 2007).
Chromosomes28 (4x). - Siberia (N), Far East (N), Alaska, Canada. - Several reports.
GeographyAsian (N) - amphi-Beringian - North American (N): RUS SIB RFE ALA CAN.
Parent taxonPoaceae
Child taxa Avenula dahurica (Kom.) W. Sauer & H. Chmelitschek
Avenula pubescens (Huds.) Dumort.
PAF ID3410
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