Sesleria

Sesleria
Sesleria sadlerana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Sesleria
Scop.
Type species
Sesleria caerulea
(L.) Ard. [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Psilathera Link
  • Diptychum Dulac

Sesleria is a Eurasian and North African genus of perennial plants in the grass family.[3][4][5] [6]

Species[2][7]
  1. Sesleria achtarovii
  2. Sesleria alba
  3. Sesleria albicans
  4. Sesleria araratica
  5. Sesleria argentea
  6. Sesleria autumnalis
  7. Sesleria bielzii
  8. Sesleria caerulea
  9. Sesleria calabrica
  10. Sesleria coerulans
  11. Sesleria comosa
  12. Sesleria doerfleri
  13. Sesleria filifolia
  14. Sesleria heufleriana
  15. Sesleria insularis
  16. Sesleria juncifolia
  17. Sesleria korabensis
  18. Sesleria latifolia
  19. Sesleria nitida
  20. Sesleria ovata
  21. Sesleria phleoides
  22. Sesleria rigida
  23. Sesleria robusta
  24. Sesleria sadleriana
  25. Sesleria serbica
  26. Sesleria taygetea
  27. Sesleria tenerrima
  28. Sesleria vaginalis
  29. Sesleria wettsteinii
formerly included[2]

species now considered better suited in other genera: Aeluropus Ammochloa Bouteloua Dactylis Elytrophorus Festuca Koeleria Oreochloa Poa Sclerochloa Sesleriella Triodia Triraphis

References

  1. lectotype designated by Hubbard in Farr et al., Ind. Nom. Genericorum 3: 1607 (1979)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. The Plant List search for Sesleria