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Published In: Species Plantarum 1: 63. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)

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Acceptance : Synonym

Lower Taxa

Aira aciphylla Franch. = Deschampsia elongata (Hook.) Munro
Aira alpicola (Rydb.) Rydb. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
!Aira alpina L. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
**Aira alpina Roth ex Schur = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
*Aira altissima Moench = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
!Aira ambigua Michx. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Aira andraei Auersw. ex Andrae = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Aira aquatica L. = Catabrosa aquatica (L.) P. Beauv.
!Aira arctica Spreng. = Deschampsia brevifolia R. Br.
Aira aristulata Torr. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
**Aira arundinacea Lilj. ex Roem. & Schult. = Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link
Aira atropurpurea Wahlenb. = Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr. ex Hartm.
Aira biebersteiniana (Schult.) Steud. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Aira bottnica Wahlenb. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
*Aira brasiliensis Spreng. = Arundinella hispida (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kuntze
!Aira brevifolia Pursh = Poa secunda J. Presl
*Aira brevifolia M. Bieb. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
*Aira caespitosa Muhl. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
*Aira caespitosa var. alpina Hoppe = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
!Aira caespitosa var. littoralis Gaudin = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Aira caespitosa subsp. rhenana (Gremli) Nyman = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Aira calycina (J. Presl) Steud. = Deschampsia danthonioides (Trin.) Munro
!Aira capillacea Lam. = Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Nees
**Aira capillacea Frank ex Steudel = Sphenopholis intermedia (Rydb.) Rydb.
!Aira cespitosa L. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Aira controversa Steud. = Sphenopholis intermedia (Rydb.) Rydb.
!Aira cristata L. = Koeleria pyramidata (Lam.) P. Beauv.
Aira curtifolia (Scribn.) Rydb. = Deschampsia brevifolia R. Br.
Aira danthonioides Trin. = Deschampsia danthonioides (Trin.) Munro
!Aira elongata Hook. = Deschampsia elongata (Hook.) Munro
Aira flexuosa L. = Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer
Aira gracilis (Pers.) Trin. = Koeleria pyramidata (Lam.) P. Beauv.
Aira holciformis (J. Presl) Steud. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Aira labradorica Steud. = Agrostis mertensii Trin.
Aira laevigata Sm. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
!Aira latifolia Hook. = Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr. ex Hartm.
**Aira littoralis (Gaudin) Godr. ex Nyman = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
!Aira littoralis (Gaudin) Godet = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Aira macrantha Ledeb. = Koeleria pyramidata (Lam.) P. Beauv.
!Aira magellanica Hook. f. = Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr. ex Hartm.
*Aira major Syme = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Aira melicoides Michx. = Graphephorum melicoides (Michx.) Desv.
**Aira mexicana Trin. ex E. Fourn. = Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.
**Aira missurica Spreng. ex B.D. Jacks. = Poa secunda J. Presl
**Aira mollis Muhl. = Sphenopholis nitida (Biehler) Scribn.
**Aira mollis Muhl. = Sphenopholis nitida (Biehler) Scribn.
!Aira montana L. = Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer
!Aira nitida Biehler = Sphenopholis nitida (Biehler) Scribn.
**Aira obtusa Raf. = Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.
Aira obtusata Michx. = Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.
!Aira pallens Biehler
*Aira paludosa Wibel = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Aira parviflora Thuill. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Aira pensylvanica Spreng. = Sphenopholis nitida (Biehler) Scribn.
Aira pinkeneyi Fr. = Vahlodea atropurpurea (Wahlenb.) Fr. ex Hartm.
Aira pulchra (Nees & Meyen) Steud. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Aira pungens (Rydb.) Rydb. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
Aira sukatschewii Popl. = Deschampsia sukatschewii (Popl.) Roshev.
!Aira triflora Elliott = Poa cuspidata Nutt.
Aira triglumis Steud. = Sporobolus junceus (P. Beauv.) Kunth
!Aira truncata Muhl. = Sphenopholis obtusata (Michx.) Scribn.
Aira vaseyana Rydb. = Deschampsia elongata (Hook.) Munro
Aira versicolor Roem. & Schult. = Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer
Aira vestita Steud. = Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer
Aira vivipara Steud. = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.
!Aira wibeliana Sond. ex Koch = Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P. Beauv.

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