Agrostis

Agrostis (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass.

Bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Agrostidinae
Genus: Agrostis
L.
Type species
Agrostis canina
Synonyms
  • Agraulus P.Beauv.
  • Agrestis Bubani
  • Anomalotis Steud.
  • Bromidium Nees & Meyen
  • Candollea Steud.
  • Decandolia T.Bastard
  • Didymochaeta Steud.
  • Linkagrostis Romero García, Blanca & C.Morales
  • Neoschischkinia Tzvelev
  • Notonema Raf.
  • Podagrostis (Griseb.) Scribn. & Merr.
  • Pentatherum Nábelek
  • Senisetum Honda
  • Trichodium Michx.
  • Vilfa Adans.
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