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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Aira

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Aira acutigluma Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira arenaria F.W.Schmidt	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira biebersteiniana (Schult.) Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira canescens Pers.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira canutillo Larrañaga	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira caryophyllea L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	4
Aira chamaemespilus Host	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira ciliaris Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira ciliaris Kit.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira ciliata Spreng.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Aira compressa Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira cupaniana Guss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira elegantissima Schur	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira fontqueriana Sennen	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira glabra Brot.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira helodec Steud.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Aira × hybrida Gaudich.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira hybrida Gaudin	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Aira ischaemoides Koenig ex Trin.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Aira littoralis Wulfen	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira maderaspatana Nees ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira micrantha Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira minute L.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Aira mucronulata Sennen	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira navicularis Schreb. ex Muhl.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira nivea Host	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira nubigena Skottsb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira paradoxa Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira pilosa Kit.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira polygama Larrañaga	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira praecox L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira provincialis Jord.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira scoparia Adamovic	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira sediformis Host ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira serotina Trin. ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira setiformis Host ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira speciosa Muhl.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira spictabilis Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira tenorei Guss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira tremula Larrañaga	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aira uniaristata Cav.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 136 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Aira. Of these 9 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 70 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Aira. 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 136 species names for the genus Aira recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	9	6.6%
◕	Synonym	92	67.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	35	25.7%

All names

The status of the 206 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Aira recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	9	4.4%
◕	Synonym	156	75.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	41	19.9%

Of the species names,

• 13 are recorded as invalid
• 14 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 136 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Aira, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	8	51	0	0	59	43.4%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	1	41	0	35	77	56.6%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Aira is as follows: