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

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Avena

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Avena abyssinica Hochst.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena aemulans Nevski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena altissima Herb. ex St.-Yves	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena andropogoides Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena azo-carti Phil.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena barbata Brot.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena barbata Pott ex Link	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena bellardii Colla	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena benghalensis Schwägr. ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena borbonia Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena brevis Roth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena byzantina K.Koch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Avena capillacea P.Beauv.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena chinensis (Fisch. ex Roem. & Schult.) Metzg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena clauda Durieu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena diffusa Asch. & Graebn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Avena eriantha Durieu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena euhybrida Hausskn. ex Thell.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Avena × euhybrida Hausskn. ex Thell.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Avena fallax Roem. & Schult.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Avena fatua L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Avena flexuosa Schrank	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena geogica Zuccagni	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena glacialis Bory	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena glumosa Elliott	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena × haussknechtii Nevski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena hexantha Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena hydrophila F.Muell. ex Hook.f.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena krylevii N. Pavl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Avena lanata Schrad.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena longiglumis Durieu	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena lutea L.f.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena magellanica P.Beauv.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena maroccana Gand.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena mirandana Sennen ex St.-Yves	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena murphyi Ladiz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena nervosa R.Br.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena nitens L. ex B.D. Jacks.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Avena novae-valliae Dum.Cours.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena nuda L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Avena oaniculata Matzew	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Avena oregonense Hausskn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Avena patulipes Nyman	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Avena prostrata Ladiz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena pungens Sennen ex St.-Yves	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena purpurea Gueldenst. ex Griseb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena radula Franch. & Sav.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena sativa L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	4
Avena saxatilis (Lojac.) Rocha Afonso	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena splendens Colla	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena sterilis L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	6
Avena stipiformis L.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena strigosa Schreb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	3
Avena vaviloviana (Malzev) Mordv.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena ventricosa Balansa	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Avena vivipara Kuntze	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Avena volgensis (Vavilov) Nevski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 178 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Avena. Of these 22 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 258 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Avena. 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 178 species names for the genus Avena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	22	12.4%
◕	Synonym	118	66.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	38	21.3%

All names

The status of the 436 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Avena recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	35	8.0%
◕	Synonym	355	81.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	46	10.6%

Of the species names,

• 33 are recorded as invalid
• 10 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 178 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Avena, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	21	95	0	0	116	65.2%
	Medium confidence	0	7	0	0	7	3.9%
	Low confidence	1	16	0	38	55	30.9%

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