Schiller grasses

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Schiller grasses
Greater schiller grass (Koeleria pyramidata)

Greater schiller grass ( Koeleria pyramidata )

Systematics
Monocots
Commelinids
Order : Sweet grass (Poales)
Family : Sweet grasses (Poaceae)
Subfamily : Pooideae
Genre : Schiller grasses
Scientific name
Koeleria
Pers.

Schiller grasses ( Koeleria ) are a genus of plants within the sweet grass family (Poaceae). The up to 45 species are distributed in mainly the temperate areas almost worldwide. They are placed in the tribe of the Poeae.

description

Illustration from atlas of the alpine flora of the hairy schiller grass (
Koeleria hirsuta )
Dainty Schillergrass ( Koeleria macrantha )
Illustration from Flora Batava , Volume 13 by Koeleria pyramidata subsp. schroeteriana
Valais Schillergrass ( Koeleria vallesiana )

Vegetative characteristics

Koeleria species are herbaceous plants with one or more perennials . They are mainly characterized by velvety hairs ( trichomes ). The simple leaves are flat.

Generative characteristics

The inflorescences are more or less dense panicles .

Systematics and distribution

The genus Koeleria was established in 1805 by Christian Hendrik Persoon . The generic name Koeleria honors the German botanist Georg Ludwig Koeler (1765–1807). Synonyms for Koeleria Pers. are: Achaeta E. Fourn . , Airochloa Link , Brachystylus Dulac , Collinaria Ehrh. , Leptophyllochloa Calderón ex Nicora .

The wide distribution area stretches from Europe via northwest to South Africa and from southwest Asia via Siberia to Central and East Asia and the New World .

The genus Koeleria includes 35 to 45 species:

literature

  • Christopher John Humphries: Koeleria Pers. , Pages 218-220. In: Thomas Gaskell Tutin (Ed.): Flora Europaea . Volume 5, Cambridge University Press 1980, ISBN 0-521-20108-X .
  • Hans Joachim Conert: Koeleria. , Pages 261-277. In: Gustav Hegi : Illustrated flora of Central Europe . 3rd edition, Volume I, Part 3 Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, Hamburg, 1987, ISBN 3-489-52320-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Koeleria. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 28, 2018.
  2. a b c d e f g Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names. Volume 2. Types and varieties. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7 .

Web links

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