| Avenella Drejer | |
| Publ. & Syn. | Lerchenfeldia Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 753 (1866). |
| Notes | The majority of northwestern European and North American authors have included Avenella in Deschampsia (e.g., Clarke 1980a; Chiapella et al. in Soreng et al. 2003; Barkworth 2007b). We accept it as a morphologically and cytologically distinct segregate at rank of genus, like Vahlodea (below). See Chiapella (2007) for molecular support. |
| Chromosomes | 26 (2x). - Far East (N), Canada, U.S.A. - At least five reports. Not included: A report of 2n = 42 from the Russian Far East (Sokolovskaya and Probatova 1975) should be checked against voucher before acceptance. |
| Geography | Amphi-Pacific/Beringian: ICE* ALA. |
| Parent taxon | Poaceae |
| Child taxa |
Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer |
| PAF ID | 3417 |