ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Apera spica-venti

Name author: (L.) P.Beauv.

A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

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Botanical classification

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Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Apera
Species: Apera spica-venti
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1812

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Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Apera spica-venti. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

54 synonyms in this snapshot · page 1 of 2

Agraulus anemagrostoidesName author: (Trin.) Trin.
Agrostis anemagrostisName author: Syme
Agrostis anemagrostis subsp. spica-ventiName author: (L.) Syme
Agrostis anemagrostoidesName author: Trin.
Agrostis boeticaName author: Colla
Agrostis effusaName author: Spreng.
Agrostis filiformisName author: Vill.
Agrostis gracilisName author: Salisb.
Agrostis purpureaName author: Gaudin
Agrostis rupestris var. filiformisName author: (Vill.) Link
Agrostis spica-ventiName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
Agrostis spica-venti f. flavidaName author: Waisb.
Agrostis spica-venti f. violaceaName author: Waisb.
Agrostis spica-venti var. purpureaName author: (Gaudin) Schleich. ex Mutel
Agrostis spica-venti var. purpureaName author: (Gaudin) Fr.
Agrostis spicaventi var. bifloraName author: Pauquy
Agrostis spicaventi var. diffusaName author: Neilr.
Agrostis spicaventi var. gracilisName author: St.-Lag.
Agrostis spicaventi var. luteaName author: Tinant
Agrostis spicaventi var. patulaName author: Lej. & Courtois
Agrostis spicaventi var. pumilaName author: Tinant
Agrostis spicaventi var. virescensName author: Tinant
Agrostis ventosaName author: Dulac
Anemagrostis spica-ventiName author: (L.) Trin.
Apera effusaName author: Gray
Apera longisetaName author: Klokov
Apera maritimaName author: Klokov
Apera purpureaName author: (Gaudin) P.Beauv.
Apera spica-venti f. flavidaName author: (Waisb.) Soó
Apera spica-venti f. prorepensName author: (Schur) Serb.
Apera spica-venti f. purpureaName author: (Gaudin) Serb.
Apera spica-venti f. violaceaName author: (Waisb.) Soó
Apera spica-venti subsp. maritimaName author: (Klokov) Tzvelev
Apera spica-venti subsp. spica-ventiName author: Not supplied
Apera spica-venti var. prorepensName author: Schur
Apera spica-venti var. purpureaName author: (Gaudich.) Rouy
Apera spica-venti var. purpureaName author: (Gaudin) Schur
Apera spicaventi var. acutaName author: Peterm.
Apera spicaventi var. aureaName author: Podp.
Apera spicaventi var. contractaName author: Podp.
Apera spicaventi var. glomerataName author: Henrard
Apera spicaventi var. mucronataName author: Peterm.
Apera spicaventi var. pseudointerruptaName author: Henrard
Apera spicaventi var. purpurascensName author: Peterm.
Apera spicaventi var. ruderalisName author: Morariu
Apera spicaventi var. subbifloraName author: Coss. & Germ.
Apera spicaventi var. virescensName author: Touss. & Hoschédé
Aspera spica-ventiName author: P.Beauv.
Avena rupestris var. filiformisName author: (Vill.) Clairv.
Avena spica-ventiName author: (L.) Scop.

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

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