Common name
English: Slender Oat
German: Barthafer
Portuguese: Aveia-barbada, Balanco-bravo
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Poaceae (73)(family description)
Genus: Avena (3)
Epithet: barbata Pott ex Link (4)
Synonym: Avena hirsuta Moench
barbata => bearded, having tufts of long weak hairs
hirsuta => having long distinct hairs, rough, hairy
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green, white
External links
Check for Avena barbata at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [194] Avena barbata - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [471] Avena barbata - Plants For A Future database
- [1176] Avena barbata - GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
- [1240] Avena - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
Literature
- [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.