Apera
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Apera is a small genus
of annual grasses
, known commonly as silkybent grass or windgrass. They are native to Europe and western Asia but have been introduced and naturalized elsewhere, especially A. interrupta and A. spica-venti.
Selected species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of annual grasses
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
, known commonly as silkybent grass or windgrass. They are native to Europe and western Asia but have been introduced and naturalized elsewhere, especially A. interrupta and A. spica-venti.
Selected species:
- Apera baytopiana
- Apera intermedia
- Apera interrupta - dense silkybent, interrupted windgrass
- Apera spica-venti - loose silkybent, common windgrass
- Apera triaristata