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Aira caryophyllea

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
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Internal ID UUID64402e47cb34a410770724
Scientific name Aira caryophyllea
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 66 (1753)

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Agrostis caryophyllea (L.) Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 25 (1796)
Aira aggregata Timer. ex Boreau Fl. Centre France , ed. 3, 2: 702 (1857)
Aira armoricana F.Albers Willdenowia 9: 283 (1979)
Aira bachiti Hochst. ex Chiov. Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma viii. 342 (1908), in obs., nomen; C. E. Hubbard in A. W.Hill, Fl. Trop. Afr. x. 88 (1937), in syn.
Aira baetica Trin. Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 67 (1836)
Aira canescens Host Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 4: t. 36 (1809)
Aira caryophyllea subsp. armoricana (F.Albers) Kerguélen Lejeunia , n.s., 110: 56 (1983)
Aira caryophyllea subsp. multiculmis (Dumort.) Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 1: 241 1907
Aira caryophyllea var. aggregata (Jord.) Syme Engl. Bot. ed. 3, 11: 70 1873
Aira caryophyllea var. biaristata (Emb. & Maire) Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 33: 94 (1942)
Aira caryophyllea var. latigluma (Steud.) C.E.Hubb. Fl. Trop. Afr. 10: 88. 1937
Aira caryophyllea var. major Ducommun Taschenb. Schweiz. Bot. 860 1869
Aira caryophyllea var. minor Brongn. Voy. Monde Phan.: 24. 1829
Aira caryophyllea var. multiculmis (Dumort.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 358 1894
Aira caryophyllea var. reverchonii (Murb.) Maire in Fl. Afr. Nord 2: 350 1953
Aira curta Jord. ex Boreau Fl. Centre France , ed. 3, 2: 701 (1857)
Aira duriuscula Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 2: 76 (1811)
Aira edouardii Reut. ex Duval-Jouve Bull. Soc. Bot. France 12: 88 (1865)
Aira fioriana Sennen Diagn. Nouv. 207. 1936 [Jul 1936]
Aira hostii Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 221 (1854)
Aira latigluma Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 221 (1854)
Aira leersii Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 289 (1833)
Aira lensii Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 140 (1831)
Aira lenzei Lois. ex Godr. Fl. France 3: 620 (1856)
Aira multicaulis Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 292 (1833)
Aira multiculmis Dumort. Observ. Gramin. Belg. : 121 (1824)
Aira nana Kunze ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. i. 45.
Aira nebrodensis Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 3: 296 (1909)
Aira patulipes Jord. ex Boreau Fl. Centre France , ed. 3, 2: 701 (1857)
Aira plesiantha Jord. ex Boreau Fl. Centre France , ed. 3, 2: 701 (1840)
Aira pulchella f. brachyanthera Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 26: 233 1935
Aira pulchella var. biaristata Emb. & Maire Cat. Pl. Maroc 1: 45 (1931)
Aira purpureoargentea Gilib. Excerc. Phyt. 2: 526 (1792)
Aira reverchonii Murb. Acta Univ. Lund., 2 , 18(3): 8 (1922)
Aira rigida Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 82 (1867)
Aira saburralis Jan Elench. Pl. (Jan) 2. after Mar 1831; ex Gum. Fl. Sic. Syn. 1: 148.
Aira tenera Kit. Oestr. Fl. , ed. 2, 1: 199 (1814)
Aira tenorei var. biaristata (Emb. & Maire) Emb. & Maire Cat. Pl. Maroc 4: 931. 1941
Aira todaroi Ten. ex Tod. Index Seminum (PAL, Panormitani) 1859: 30 (1859)
Aira todaroi Tineo ex Ponzo Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1903: 201 (1903)
Aira truncata Salzm. ex Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 58 (1830)
Aira uniaristata var. biaristata (Emb. & Maire) Lambinon Bull. Soc. Échange Pl. Vasc. Eur. Occid. Bassin Médit. 27: 88 (1998)
Airella caryophyllea (L.) Dumort. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 68 (1868)
Airopsis caryophyllea (L.) Fries Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 3: 180 (1843)
Aspris caryophyllea (L.) Nash Ill. Fl. N. U.S. , ed. 2, 1: 214 (1913)
Avena multiculmis Dumort. Observ. Gramin. Belg. 121. 1824
Avenastrum caryophylleum (L.) Jess. Deutschl. Gräser : 217 (1863)
Caryophyllea airoides Opiz Seznam : 27 (1852)
Deschampsia baetica Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 66 (1861)
Fussia caryophyllea Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 754 (1866)
Salmasia multiculmis Bubani Fl. Pyren. 4: 317 (1901)
Salmasia vulgaris Bubani Fl. Pyren. 4: 316 (1901)
Aira tenera var. biaristata (Emb. & Maire) Emb. & Maire Cat. Pl. Maroc 4: 931. 1941
Aira tenera var. brachyanthera Emb. & Maire Cat. Pl. Maroc 4: 931. 1941
Aira caryophyllea var. aggregata (Timeroy ex Bor) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 283 1899
Aira caryophyllea var. curta (Jord.) Rouy ex Douin Fl. Ill. France 12: 10 1931
Aira caryophyllea var. major Brongn. Voy. Monde, Phan. 24. 1829 [Jul 1829]
Aira caryophyllea var. patulipes (Jord. ex A.Boreau) Syme Engl. Bot. (ed. 3b) 11: 70 1873
Aira multiculmis var. aggregata (Timeroy ex Bor) Rouy ex de Lesd. Publ. Soc. Dunk. 1934: 48 1934
Avena caryophyllea Weber Prim. Fl. Holsat. : 10 (1780)
Aira caryophyllea subsp. multiculmis (Dumort.) Bonnier & Layens Fl. France 358 1894
Avena multiculmis Dumort. Observ. Gramin. Belg. : 121 (1824)
Avena tenera (Kit.in Schultes) Nyman Syll. Fl. Eur. 414 1854
Aira caryophyllea subsp. reverchonii (Murb.) Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 33: 94 (1942)
Aira mucronulata Sennen Cat. Fl. Rif Orient. 128 (1933)
Aira pulchella var. biaristata Emb. & Maire ex Jah. & Maire Cat. Pl. Maroc 1: 45 1931
Aira bachitii Hochst. ex C.E.Hubb. Fl. Trop. Afr. 10: 88 (1937)
Aira caryophyllea subsp. plesiantha (Jord. ex Boreau) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 53 (1890)
Avena caryophyllea subsp. multiculmis (Dumort.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. : 814 (1882)
Aira caryophyllea subsp. anceps (Ces., Pass. & Gibelli) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital. : 775 (1882)
Aira caryophyllea var. expansa K.Koch Linnaea 21: 390 (1848)
Aira multiculmis var. expansa Martrin-Donos Fl. Tarn : 794 (1864)
Aira caryophyllea var. hostii (Steud.) Rouy Fl. France 14: 106 (1913)
Aira caryophyllea var. suzana Podp. Kvetna Mor. Rakousk. Slezska 6: 287 (1926)
Aira praecox var. caryophyllea (L.) Royer Fl. Côte d' Or 1: 576 (1881)
Aira aggregata var. sabulosa Mabille Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 25: 607 (1864)
Aira caryophyllea var. minima Tinant Fl. Luxemb. : 65 (1836)
Aira praecox var. multiculmis (Dumort.) Royer Fl. Côte d' Or 1: 576 (1881)
Aira caryophyllea var. magna P.Monts. Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 6: 419 (1964)
Aira caryophyllea var. saxatilis Trin. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 59 (1830)
Aira caryophyllea var. divergens N.H.F.Desp. Fl. Sarthe : 311 (1838)
Aira caryophyllea var. maior Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 327 (1828)
Avena caryophyllea var. divaricata F.W.Schultz Arch. Fl. France Allem. : 236 (1852)
Avena caryophyllea var. elatior Lecoq & Lamotte Cat. Pl. Plateau Central : 196 (1847)
Avena caryophyllea var. aggregata (Timeroy ex Bor.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. : 814 (1882)
Aira saburralis Jan ex Guss. Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1: 148 (1843)
Aira caryophyllea f. pallescens Neuman Bot. Not. 1894: 108 (1894)
Avena caryophyllea var. multiculmis (Dumort.) Nyman Syll. Fl. Eur. : 414 (1855)

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Language Common/alternative name
English silver hairgrass
Spanish heno del niño jesus
Spanish heno del niño jesús
Spanish heno del nino jesús
Spanish heno del nino jesus
Spanish limpiaplatos
Spanish heno de castilla
Arabic خرطالية قرنفلية
Catalan canche caryophyllée
Czech ovsíček obecný
Welsh brigwellt arian
German nelken-haferschmiele
German canche caryophyllée
Finnish sirokääpiölauha
Finnish sirolauhio
Finnish sirolauha
French canche caryophyllée
Upper Sorbian pyšna šmička
Igbo silver hairgrass
Japanese ヌカススキ
Lithuanian canche caryophyllée
Latvian neļķu aira
Norwegian Bokmål hvitsmyle
Dutch zilverhaver
Polish Śmiałka goździkowa
Swedish vittåtel
Swedish canche caryophyllée
Chinese 银须草
Chinese 銀鬚草

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Cape Verde
      • Madeira
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Nigeria
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
  • Antarctica
    • Subantarctic Islands
      • Falkland Islands
      • Tristan Da Cunha
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • Tibet
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
    • Western Asia
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Turkey
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Queensland
      • South Australia
      • Tasmania
      • Victoria
      • Western Australia
    • New Zealand
      • Chatham Islands
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Krym
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Maryland
      • Tennessee
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • South-central Pacific
      • Marquesas

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000844921
Florida Plant Atlas 4121
Flora of Alabama 4639
Canadensys 7386
USDA Plants AICA
Tropicos 25500522
INPN 80857
Flora of Italy 7619
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:386633-1
The Plant List kew-390804
Open Tree Of Life 249161
Observations.org 6337
NCBI Taxonomy 336211
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000002626
Nature Serve 2.154681
IPNI 386633-1
iNaturalist 52694
GBIF 7747216
Freebase /m/03cbcnf
EPPO AIRCA
EOL 1114137
Elurikkus 618575
Calflora (Californian flora) 162
USDA GRIN 2086
Wikipedia Aira_caryophyllea

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Scientific Literature Top

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Distribution, Effect, and Control of Exotic Plants in Republic of Korea Lim BS, Seok JE, Lim CH, Kim GS, Shin HC, Lee CS Biology (Basel) 06-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10294914
doi:10.3390/biology12060826
PMID:37372111
New Data on Native and Alien Vascular Flora of Sicily (Italy): New Findings and Updates Cambria S, Azzaro D, Caldarella O, Aleo M, Bazan G, Guarino R, Torre G, Cristaudo AE, Ilardi V, La Rosa A, Laface VL, Luchino F, Mascia F, Minissale P, Sciandrello S, Tosetto L, Tavilla G Plants (Basel) 23-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10181230
doi:10.3390/plants12091743
PMID:37176800
An unknown hotspot of plant diversity in the heart of the Central Apennine: flora and vegetation outline of Mt. Pozzoni-St. Rufo valley (Cittareale, Rieti) Lattanzi E, Del Vico E, Tranquilli R, Farris E, Marignani M, Rosati L PhytoKeys 31-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8390790
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.178.62947
PMID:34475797
Checklist of the grasses of India Kellogg EA, Abbott JR, Bawa KS, Gandhi KN, Kailash BR, Ganeshaiah KN, Shrestha UB, Raven P PhytoKeys 16-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC10311516
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.163.38393
PMID:37397271
Linking macroecology and community ecology: refining predictions of species distributions using biotic interaction networks Staniczenko PP, Sivasubramaniam P, Suttle KB, Pearson RG Ecol Lett 21-Apr-2017
PMCID:PMC5485222
doi:10.1111/ele.12770
PMID:28429842
Twelve years of repeated wild hog activity promotes population maintenance of an invasive clonal plant in a coastal dune ecosystem Oldfield CA, Evans JP Ecol Evol 15-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4834338
doi:10.1002/ece3.2045
PMID:27110354
A parasitic plant increases native and exotic plant species richness in vernal pools Graffis AM, Kneitel JM AoB Plants 22-Aug-2015
PMCID:PMC4612139
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plv100
PMID:26307042
Regime Shift by an Exotic Nitrogen-Fixing Shrub Mediates Plant Facilitation in Primary Succession Stinca A, Chirico GB, Incerti G, Bonanomi G PLoS One 02-Apr-2015
PMCID:PMC4383633
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123128
PMID:25835015
Prescribed Burning and Clear-Cutting Effects on Understory Vegetation in a Pinus canariensis Stand (Gran Canaria) Arévalo JR, Fernández-Lugo S, García-Domínguez C, Naranjo-Cigala A, Grillo F, Calvo L ScientificWorldJournal 24-Jul-2014
PMCID:PMC4134779
doi:10.1155/2014/215418
PMID:25147839
Non-random biodiversity loss underlies predictable increases in viral disease prevalence Lacroix C, Jolles A, Seabloom EW, Power AG, Mitchell CE, Borer ET J R Soc Interface 06-Mar-2014
PMCID:PMC3899862
doi:10.1098/rsif.2013.0947
PMID:24352672
Life Form and Life History Explain Variation in Population Processes in a Grassland Community Invaded by Exotic Plants and Mammals Nelis LC PLoS One 20-Aug-2012
PMCID:PMC3423431
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042906
PMID:22916178
Combined use of leaf size and economics traits allows direct comparison of hydrophyte and terrestrial herbaceous adaptive strategies Pierce S, Brusa G, Sartori M, Cerabolini BE Ann Bot 14-Feb-2012
PMCID:PMC3310502
doi:10.1093/aob/mcs021
PMID:22337079
A New Method for Non-destructive Measurement of Biomass, Growth Rates, Vertical Biomass Distribution and Dry Matter Content Based on Digital Image Analysis Tackenberg O Ann Bot 12-Mar-2007
PMCID:PMC2802942
doi:10.1093/aob/mcm009
PMID:17353204

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