Aira

Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Genus

Aira L.

Family

Common Name

HAIRGRASS

Specimen

Notes

Order

POALES

Family

Genus

Aira

AIRA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 63. 1753, nom. cons.

Basionym

Type

TYPE: Aira praecox Linnaeus, typ. cons.

Scientific Name	Common Name	Herbarium Specimens	Status	Photos
Aira caryophyllea	SILVER HAIRGRASS		Not Native FAC (NWPL)

No identification key is available for this family.

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Airella	Airella (Dumortier) Dumortier, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 68. 1768.	BASIONYM: Aira Linnaeus, sect. Airella Dumortier, Observ. Gram. Belg. 120. 1824.	TYPE: Airella caryophyllea (Linnaeus) Dumortier (Aira caryophyllea Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Hitchcock, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 17: 567. 1939.
Aspris	Aspris Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 496, 522. 1763.		TYPE: Aspris praecox (Linnaeus) Nash (Aira praecox Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Nash, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 214. 1913. = Aira Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification.
Fiorinia	Fiorinia Parlatore, Fl. Ital. 1: 222. 1850 ("1848").		TYPE: Fiorinia pulchella (Link) Parlatore (Aira pulchella Link)
Fussia	Fussia Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 754. 1866.		TYPE: Fussia praecox (Linnaeus) Schur (Aira praecox Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915-1923) 772: 116. 1920. = Aspris Adanson 1763; = Aira Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification.
Salmasia	Salmasia Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 4: 315. 1901, non Schreber 1789.		TYPE: = Aira Linnaeus 1753.