Sesleria Explained
Sesleria is a genus of perennial plants in the grass family.[1] [2] [3] [4] They are native to Eurasia and North Africa. They are found in Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Crete, Crimea, Lebanon, Morocco, North Caucasus, Poland, Romania, Sardina, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine and Yugoslavia.[5]
The genus was circumscribed by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in Fl. Carniol. on page 189 in 1760.[5]
The genus name of Sesleria is in honour of Leonard Sesler (d. 1785), German-Italian doctor and botanist who maintained a large botanical garden.[6]
Species
Kew accepts 36 species;[5]
- Sesleria achtarovii
- Sesleria alba
- Sesleria albanica
- Sesleria albicans
- Sesleria araratica
- Sesleria argentea
- Sesleria autumnalis
- Sesleria bielzii
- Sesleria caerulea
- Sesleria calabrica
- Sesleria coerulans
- Sesleria comosa
- Sesleria doerfleri
- Sesleria filifolia
- Sesleria heufleriana
- Sesleria insularis
- Sesleria italica
- Sesleria juncifolia
- Sesleria klasterskyi
- Sesleria korabensis
- Sesleria latifolia
- Sesleria nitida
- Sesleria phleoides
- Sesleria pichiana
- Sesleria rigida
- Sesleria robusta
- Sesleria sadleriana
- Sesleria serbica
- Sesleria tatrae
- Sesleria taygetea
- Sesleria tenerrima
- Sesleria × tuzsonii
- Sesleria uliginosa
- Sesleria vaginalis
- Sesleria wettsteinii
It formerly included; species now considered better suited in other genera such as: Aeluropus, Ammochloa, Bouteloua, Dactylis, Elytrophorus, Festuca, Koeleria, Oreochloa, Poa, Sclerochloa, Sesleriella, Triodia and Triraphis.[7]
Notes and References
- Scopoli, Joannes Antonius. 1760. Flora Carniolica 189
- http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40035892 Tropicos, Sesleria Scop.
- http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Sesleria Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Sesleria
- http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00578.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- Web site: Sesleria Scop. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 24 October 2022 . en.
- Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . 246307410 . January 27, 2022.
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Sesleria The Plant List search for Sesleria
