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The genus Agrostis is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Agrostis

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Agrostis acutiflora (Schrad.) C.C. Gmel.	Accepted		TRO
Agrostis adamsonii Vickery	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis aemula R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis aequata Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis aequivalvis (Trin.) Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis agrostiflora (Beck) Janch. & H.Neumayer	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis alpina Scop.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis ambatoensis Asteg.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis × amurensis Prob.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis anadyrensis Soczava	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis angrenica (Butk.) Tzvelev	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis arvensis Phil.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis atlantica Maire & Trab.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis australiensis Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis avenacea J.F.Gmel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis bacillata Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis balansae (Boiss.) Tzvelev	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis barbuligera Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis barceloi L.Sáez & Rosselló	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis basalis Luces	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis bergiana Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis berlandieri E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis bettyae S.W.L.Jacobs	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis billardierei R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis × bjoerkmannii Widén	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis blasdalei Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis boliviana Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis boormanii Vickery	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis bourgeaei E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis boyacensis Swallen & Garc.-Barr.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis brachiata Munro ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis brachyathera Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis breviculmis Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis burmanica Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis calderoniae Acosta	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis canina L.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis capillaris L.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis carmichaeli Schult. & Schult.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis castellana Boiss. & Reut.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis × castriferrei Waisb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis clavata Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis × clavatiformis Prob.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis clemensorum Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis congestiflora Tutin & E.F.Warb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis continuata Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis curtisii Kerguélen	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis cypricola H.Lindb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis delicatula Pourr. ex Lapeyr.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis delislei Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis densiflora Vasey	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis × dimorpholemma Ohwi	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis divaricatissima Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis drummondiana (Steud.) Vickery	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis dshungarica (Tzvelev) Tzvelev	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis dyeri Petrie	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis elliotii Hook. ex Scott-Elliot	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis elliottiana Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis emirnensis (Baker) Bosser	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis eriantha Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis exarata Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis exserta Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis filipes Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis flaccida Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis foliata Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis × fouilladei P.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis gelida Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis ghiesberghtii E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis ghiesbreghtii E. Fourn.	Accepted		TRO
Agrostis gigantea Roth	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis glabra (J.Presl) Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis goughensis C.E.Hubb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis gracilifolia C.E.Hubb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis gracililaxa Franco	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis griffithiana (Hook.f.) Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis hallii Vasey	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis × hegetschweileri Brügger	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis hendersonii Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis hesperica Romero García, Blanca, G.López & C.Morales	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis hideoi Ohwi	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis himalayana Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis hirta Veldkamp	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis hissarica Roshev.	Accepted		TRO
Agrostis holgateana C.E.Hubb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis hookeriana C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis hooveri Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis howellii Scribn. ex Vasey	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis hugoniana Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis humilis Vasey	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis hyemalis (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis hygrometrica Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis idahoensis Nash	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis imbecilla Zotov	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis imberbis Phil.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis inaequiglumis Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis inconspicua Kunze	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis infirma Buse	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis insularis Rúgolo & A.M.Molina	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis isopholis C.E.Hubb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis jahnii Luces	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis joyceae S.W.L.Jacobs	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis juressii Link	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis × kamtschatica Prob.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis keniensis Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis kilimandscharica Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis koelerioides É.Desv.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis kolymensis Kuvaev & A.P.Khokhr.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis korczaginii Senjan.-Korcz.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis lachnantha Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis lacunis D.I.Morris	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis laxissima Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis lazica Balansa	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis lehmannii Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis lenis Roseng.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis leptostachys Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis leptotricha É.Desv.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis liebmannii (E.Fourn.) Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis limitanea J.M.Black	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis longiberbis Hack. ex Lor.B.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis lyallii Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis mackliniae Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis mannii (Hook.f.) Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis masafuerana Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis media Carmich.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis meionectes Vickery	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis meridensis Luces	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis mertensii Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis merxmuelleri Greuter & H.Scholz	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis meyenii Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis micrantha Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis microphylla Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis minor (Benth.) J.M. Black	Accepted		TRO
Agrostis montevidensis Spreng. ex Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis muelleriana Vickery	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis munroana Aitch. & Hemsl.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis × murbeckii Fouill.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis muscosa Kirk	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis musjidii Rajesw., R.R.Rao & Arti Garg	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis myriantha Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis nagensis Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis nebulosa Boiss. & Reut.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis nervosa Nees ex Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis nevadensis Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis nevskii Tzvelev	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis nipponensis Honda	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis novogaliciana McVaugh	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis obtusissima Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis olympica (Boiss.) Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis oresbia Edgar	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis pallens Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis pallescens Cheeseman	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis × paramushirensis Prob.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis parviflora R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis paulsenii Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis peninsularis Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis personata Edgar	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis petriei Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis philippiana Rúgolo & De Paula	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis pilgeriana C.E.Hubb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis pilosula Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis pittieri Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis platensis Parodi	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis plebeia R.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis poeppigiana Phil.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis pourretii Willd.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis preissii (Nees) Vickery	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis producta Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis propinqua S.W.L.Jacobs	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis quinqueseta (Steud.) Hochst.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis reuteri Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis rosei Scribn. & Merr.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis rossiae Vasey	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis rudis Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis rupestris All.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis salsa Korsh.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis sandwicensis Hildebr.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis scabra Willd.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis scabrifolia Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis schaffneri E. Fourn.	Accepted		TRO
Agrostis schlechteri Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis schleicheri Jord. & Verl.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis schmidii (Hook.f.) Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis schneideri Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis sclerophylla C.E.Hubb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis serranoi Phil.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis sesquiflora É.Desv.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis sichotensis Prob.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis sikkimensis Bor	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis sinocontracta S.M.Phillips & S.L.Lu	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis sinorupestris L.Liu ex S.M.Phillips & S.L.Lu	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis sodiroana Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis stolonifera L.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis striata Colenso	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis × subclavata Prob.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis subpatens Hitchc.	Accepted		TRO
Agrostis subrepens (Hitchc.) Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis subulata Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis subulifolia Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis taliensis Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis tandilensis (Kuntze) Parodi	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis tateyamensis Tateoka	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis taylorii C.E.Hubb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis tenerrima Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis thompsoniae S.W.L.Jacobs	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis thurberiana Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis tibestica Miré & Quézel	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis tilenii G.Nieto Fel. & Castrov.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis tolucensis Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis trachychlaena C.E.Hubb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis trachyphylla Pilg.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis trichoides (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis trisetoides Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis tsaratananensis A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis turrialbae Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis tuvinica Peschkova	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis uliginosa Phil.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis umbellata Colla	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis ushae Noltie	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis × ussuriensis Prob.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis variabilis Rydb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis venezuelana Mez	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis venusta Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis vidalii Phil.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis vinealis Schreb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis virescens Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis volkensii Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis wacei C.E.Hubb.	Accepted		WCSP
Agrostis wardii Bor	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,247 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Agrostis. Of these 228 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 705 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Agrostis. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,247 species names for the genus Agrostis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	228	18.3%
◕	Synonym	880	70.6%
◕	Unplaced	68	5.5%
◕	Unassessed	71	5.7%

All names

The status of the 1,952 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Agrostis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	242	12.4%
◕	Synonym	1,563	80.1%
◕	Unplaced	68	3.5%
◕	Unassessed	79	4.0%

Of these names,

• 126 are recorded as invalid
• 151 are recorded as illegitimate
• 2 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 1,247 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Agrostis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	219	751	0	0	970	77.8%
	Medium confidence	6	100	0	0	106	8.5%
	Low confidence	3	29	68	71	171	13.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Agrostis, are as follows: