Rostraria

Rostraria
	Rostraria cristata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Supertribe:	Poodae
Tribe:	Poeae
Subtribe:	Aveninae
Genus:	Rostraria; Trin. 1820
Type species
	Rostraria pubescens; (syn of R. cristata); Trin.
Synonyms
	Aegialina Schult.; Lophochloa Reichb.; Aegialitis Trin. 1820, illegitimate homonym not R.Br. 1810 (Plumbaginaceae); Aegialina Schult.; Poarion Rchb.; Lophochloa Rchb.; Wilhelmsia K.Koch 1848, illegitimate homonym not Rchb. 1828 (Caryophyllaceae); Ktenosachne Steud.; Parodiochloa A.M.Molina 1986, illegitimate homonym not C.E. Hubb. 1981 (Poaceae); Raimundochloa A.M.Molina; Trisetum unranked Rostraria (Trin.) Trin.;

Rostraria is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Eurasia and North Africa with one species native to South America. Hairgrass is a common name.

These grasses are sometimes included in genus Koeleria.

Species

Rostraria azorica S.Hend. - Santa Maria in Azores
Rostraria balansae (Coss. & Durieu) Holub - Algeria incl. Habibas Islands
Rostraria berythea (Boiss. & Blanche) Holub - Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Jordan, Israel
Rostraria clarkeana (Domin) Holub - Jammu & Kashmir
Rostraria cristata (Linn.) Tzvelev - Mediterranean hairgrass - Mediterranean, Sahara, and southwest Asia from Portugal + Cape Verde to northern India
Rostraria hispida (Savi) Dogan - Mediterranean from Morocco + Corsica to Turkey
Rostraria litorea (All.) Holub - Mediterranean from Morocco + Corsica to Greece
Rostraria obtusiflora (Boiss.) Holub - from Crete to Tajikistan
Rostraria pumila (Desf.) Tzvelev from Canary Islands to Pakistan
Rostraria rohlfsii (Asch.) Holub - Sahara (Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Egypt)
Rostraria salzmannii (Boiss.) Holub - Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
Rostraria trachyantha (Phil.) Soreng - Peru, Chile

formerly included

see Avellinia Trisetaria

Rostraria festucoides - Avellinia festucoides
Rostraria laevis - Trisetaria panicea
Rostraria neglecta - Trisetaria panicea
Rostraria parviflora - Trisetaria parviflora

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