Deschampsia cespitosa
A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Deschampsia
- Species
- Deschampsia cespitosa
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1812
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Deschampsia cespitosa. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
27 synonyms in this snapshot
- Agrostis cespitosaName author: (L.) Salisb.
- Agrostis viviparaName author: Steud.
- Aira caespitosa f. compactaName author: Waisb.
- Aira caespitosa f. reptansName author: Borbás
- Aira caespitosa f. stoloniferaName author: (Hausm.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Aira caespitosa subsp. hartmanianaName author: Nyman
- Aira caespitosa subsp. rhenanaName author: (Gremli) Nyman
- Aira caespitosa var. altissimaName author: (Lam.) Peterm.
- Aira caespitosa var. arcticaName author: (Spreng.) Thurb.
- Aira cespitosaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Aira majorName author: Syme
- Aira major subsp. cespitosaName author: (L.) Syme
- Avena caespitosaName author: (L.) Kuntze
- Avena caespitosaName author: Kuntze
- Avena paludosaName author: (Roth) Heynh.
- Campella caespitosaName author: (L.) Link
- Deschampsia alpina var. alpinaName author: Not supplied
- Deschampsia andraeiName author: Aursw.
- Deschampsia bottnica f. subtrifloraName author: Holmb.
- Deschampsia cespitosa f. trifloraName author: Holmb.
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. hispanicaName author: (Vivant) Cebolla, J.A.López & Rivas Ponce
- Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. littoralisName author: (Gaudich.) K.Richt.
- Deschampsia cespitosa var. bottnicaName author: (Wahlenb.) Vasey ex Beal
- Deschampsia cespitosa var. cespitosaName author: Not supplied
- Deschampsia sukatschewii subsp. submuticaName author: (Trautv.) Tzvelev
- Deschampsia turczaninowiiName author: Litv.
- Podionapus caespitosusName author: (L.) Dulac
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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