''Avena brevis'', the short oat, is a species of grass in the family
Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
whose seeds are edible.
Synonyms
There are a number of
synonyms
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...
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[Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops]
* ''Avena uniflora'' Parl.
* ''Avena sativa'' var. ''brevis'' (Roth) Körn.
* ''Avena strigosa'' var. ''abbreviata'' Hausskn.
* ''Avena strigosa'' var. ''brevis'' (Roth) Hausskn.
* ''Avena strigosa'' subsp. ''brevis'' (Roth) Husnot
* ''Avena sativa'' subsp. ''brevis'' (Roth) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. mitteleur.
* ''Avena strigosa'' subsp. ''strigosa'' prol. ''brevis'' (Roth) Thell.
* ''Avena sativa'' subsp. ''sativa'' var. ''brevis'' (Roth) Fiori
* ''Avena nuda'' subsp. ''brevis'' (Roth) Mansf.
References
External links
Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2002 onwards). World Grass Species: Descriptions, Identification, and Information Retrieval.: ''Avena brevis''GrainGenes Species Report: ''Avena brevis''Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops' (P. Hanelt & IPK (eds.) 2001, Springer: ''Avena brevis''Plants For A Future: ''Avena brevis''
brevis
Plants described in 1787
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