''Sesleria'' is a

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of perennial plants in the

grass family 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 and ...

. The are native to

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and

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. They are found in Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Crete, Crimea, Lebanon, Morocco, North Caucasus, Poland, Romania, Sardina, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. The genus was

circumscribed In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius. Not every polyg ...

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinisation of names, Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italian physician and natural history, naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first anational ...

in Fl. Carniol. on page 189 in 1760. The genus name of ''Sesleria'' is in honour of Leonard Sesler (d. 1785), German-Italian doctor and botanist who maintained a large botanical garden.

Species

Kew accepts 36 species; *'' Sesleria achtarovii'' *'' Sesleria alba'' *'' Sesleria albanica'' *''

Sesleria albicans ''Sesleria albicans'' is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae which can be found throughout Europe. Description The species is perennial and caespitose with erect and slender culms that are long. It have a ligule that goes arou ...

'' *'' Sesleria araratica'' *'' Sesleria argentea'' *''

Sesleria autumnalis ''Sesleria autumnalis'', commonly known as autumn moor grass, is a species of Poaceae, grass within the family Poaceae. It is native to southeastern Europe and often used as ornamental ground cover in North America. Taxonomy The first recorded ...

'' *'' Sesleria bielzii'' *''

Sesleria caerulea ''Sesleria caerulea'', the blue moor-grass, is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae, native to Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and ...

'' *'' Sesleria calabrica'' *'' Sesleria coerulans'' *''

Sesleria comosa ''Sesleria'' is a genus of perennial plants in the grass family. The are native to Eurasia and North Africa. They are found in Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, F ...

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Sesleria doerfleri ''Sesleria'' is a genus of perennial plants in the grass family. The are native to Eurasia and North Africa. They are found in Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, F ...

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Sesleria filifolia ''Sesleria'' is a genus of perennial plants in the grass family. The are native to Eurasia and North Africa. They are found in Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, F ...

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Sesleria heufleriana ''Sesleria heufleriana'' is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae, native to central, southeastern, and eastern Europe and the Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, main ...

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Sesleria insularis ''Sesleria insularis'' is a species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which an ...

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Sesleria italica ''Sesleria insularis'' is a species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which an ...

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Sesleria juncifolia ''Sesleria'' is a genus of perennial plants in the grass family. The are native to Eurasia and North Africa. They are found in Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, F ...

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Sesleria klasterskyi ''Sesleria'' is a genus of perennial plants in the grass family. The are native to Eurasia and North Africa. They are found in Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, F ...

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Sesleria korabensis ''Sesleria'' is a genus of perennial plants in the grass family. The are native to Eurasia and North Africa. They are found in Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, F ...

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Sesleria latifolia ''Sesleria'' is a genus of perennial plants in the grass family. The are native to Eurasia and North Africa. They are found in Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, F ...

'' *'' Sesleria nitida'' *'' Sesleria phleoides'' *'' Sesleria pichiana'' *'' Sesleria rigida'' *'' Sesleria robusta'' *'' Sesleria sadleriana'' *'' Sesleria serbica'' *'' Sesleria tatrae'' *'' Sesleria taygetea'' *'' Sesleria tenerrima'' *'' Sesleria × tuzsonii'' *'' Sesleria uliginosa'' *'' Sesleria vaginalis'' *'' Sesleria wettsteinii'' It formerly included; species now considered better suited in other genera such as: ''

Aeluropus ''Aeluropus'' is a genus of Eurasian and African plants in the grass family, found primarily in desert regions. ; Species * ''Aeluropus badghyzii'' Tzvelev - Turkmenistan * '' Aeluropus laciniatus'' Khodash. - Iran * '' Aeluropus lagopoides'' ( ...

Ammochloa ''Ammochloa'' is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, Poaceae. ; Species * '' Ammochloa involucrata'' Murb. - Morocco * ''Ammochloa palaestina'' Boiss. - Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, ...

Bouteloua ''Bouteloua'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass. Taxonomy and systematics The genus was named for Claudio and Esteban Boutelou, 19th-century Spanish botanists. David Griffiths ...

Dactylis ''Dactylis'' is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the bluegrass subfamily within the grass family. ''Dactylis'' is native to North Africa, they are found throughout the world, and are an invasive species. They are known in Englis ...

Elytrophorus ''Elytrophorus'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.Festuca ''Festuca'' (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every ...

Koeleria ''Koeleria'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found on all continents except Antarctica and on various oceanic islands. It includes species known generally as Junegrasses. The genus was named after German botanis ...

Oreochloa ''Oreochloa'' is a genus of European plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Oreochloa blanka'' Deyl - Pyrenees of Spain + France + Andorra * '' Oreochloa confusa'' (Coincy) Rouy - Spain * '' Oreochloa disticha'' (Wulfen) Link - France, Swit ...

Poa ''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), a ...

Sclerochloa ''Sclerochloa'' is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. Hardgrass is a common name for plants in this genus. Species *'' Sclerochloa dura'' (L.) P.Beauv. - Europe, Asia, and North Africa from Spain + Morocco to Paki ...

Sesleriella ''Sesleriella'' is a genus of Alpine plants in the grass family . ''Sesleriella'' is closely related to ''Sesleria'' and included within that genus in some publications. ;Species *'' Sesleriella leucocephala'' (DC.) Deyl - Switzerland, Italy, A ...

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Triraphis ''Triraphis'' is a genus of African, Arabian, Australian, and Brazilian plants in the grass family. Needlegrass is a common name for plants in this genus. ; Species * '' Triraphis andropogonoides'' (Steud.) E.Phillips, - South Africa, Botswana ...

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Sesleria sadlerana ''Sesleria'' is a genus of perennial plants in the grass family. The are native to Eurasia and North Africa. They are found in Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Islands, F ...

References

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