Lolium
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Lolium

darnel
fescue
ryegrass

Hierarchical position of the Genus Lolium

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967.
common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
  
   SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Poales Small
pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.
  
   Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh.
pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons.
common name: Gramineae
  
   Tribus  Lolieae Link ex Endl.
pub. Fl. Poson.: 100. Mai 1830.
  
   Subtribus  Loliinae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 63. 1829.
  
   Genus  Lolium L.
pub. (1753)
common name: ryegrass
  

Named members of the Genus Lolium

1
   Species  arundinaceum (Schreb.) S.J. Darbyshire
common name: tall fescue
2
   Species  arvense With.
syn. Lolium temulentum
3
   Species  dorei Boivin
 
4
   Varietas  laeve Boivin
syn. Lolium persicum
5
   Species  giganteum (L.) S.J. Darbyshire
common name: giant fescue
6
   Species  loliaceum (Bory & Chaubard) Hand.-Maz.
syn. Lolium rigidum
7
   Species  multiflorum Lam.
common name: Italian ryegrass, annual ryegrass
  
 
8
   Varietas  diminutum Mutel
syn. Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum
9
   Varietas  muticum DC.
syn. Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum
10
   Varietas  ramosum Guss. ex Arcang.
syn. Lolium perenne ssp. perenne
11
   Species  perenne L.
common name: perennial ryegrass
  
 
12
   Varietas  aristatum Willd.
syn. Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum
13
   Varietas  cristatum Pers. ex B.D. Jackson
syn. Lolium perenne ssp. perenne
14
   Subspecies  multiflorum (Lam.) Husnot
common name: Italian ryegrass
15
   Varietas  multiflorum (Lam.) Parnell
syn. Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum
16
   Subspecies  perenne
common name: perennial ryegrass
17
   Subspecies  rigidum (Gaudin) A.& D. L�ve
syn. Lolium rigidum
18
   Species  persicum Boiss. & Hohen. ex Boiss.
common name: Persian ryegrass
19
   Species  pratense (Huds.) S.J. Darbyshire
common name: meadow ryegrass
20
   Species  rigidum Gaudin
 
21
   Subspecies  lepturoides (Boiss.) Sennen & Mauricio
syn. Lolium rigidum
22
   Species  strictum auct. non J. Presl
syn. Lolium rigidum
23
   Species  subulatum Vis.
syn. Lolium rigidum
24
   Species  temulentum L.
common name: darnel
  
 
25
   Varietas  arvense (With.) Lilja
syn. Lolium temulentum
26
   Varietas  leptochaeton A. Braun
syn. Lolium temulentum
27
   Varietas  macrochaeton A. Braun
syn. Lolium temulentum
28
   Species  x festucaceum Link

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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