Identification
Tison, J.-M. & de Foucault, B. [coord.] 2014. Flora Gallica. Flore de France. Biotope Éditions, Mèze. xx + 1196 pp. : 213

 

Taxonomie
Soreng, R. J., Peterson, P. M., Romaschenko, K., Davidse, G., Teisher, J. K., Clark, L. G., Barberá, P., Gillespie, L. J. & Zuloaga, F. O. 2017. A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 55(4): 259-290. : 285

 

Autorité : Avenella Bluff. ex Drejer 1838 et non Avenella (Bluff. & Fingerh.) Drejer : Drejer did not include the species of Aira sect. Avenella Bluff & Fingerh. (Aira caryophylla and praecox) in his genus Avenella, but placed them in his Avena [unranked] Avenaira Drejer. (fide ING, and Kanchi Gandhi, 2016)(Tropicos)

Type : Avenella flexuosa (L.) Drejer