Molineriella minuta(L.) Rouy

WFO wfo-0000880408 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Molineriella minuta, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. a Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2018-03-15 / obs. 32631038
Molineriella minuta, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. b Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 32631045
Molineriella minuta, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. c Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 124366640
Molineriella minuta, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. d Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 124366759

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
Smithsonian, US National Herbarium
Accession
US 864190
Filed as
Molineriella minuta (L.) Rouy
Det. by
not recorded on this sheet
Collected
B. Balansa 1854-03-30
Origin
TR
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC0 1.0)

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Molineriella minuta is native: Algeria, Morocco, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Türkiye, Albania, Bulgaria, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaMoroccoEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaTürkiyeAlbaniaBulgariaCorseFranceGreeceItalyKritiNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSpainTürkiye-in-Europe Sardegna
Native distribution of Molineriella minuta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
East Aegean Is. EAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Türkiye TUR
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aira minuta L.
  • Aira palustris Tod. ex Lojac.
  • Aira pumila C.Agardh ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Airopsis minuta (L.) Desv.
  • Catabrosa minuta (L.) Trin.
  • Colpodium minutum (L.) Steud.
  • Molineria minuta (L.) Parl.
  • Molineria minuta var. sabulicola Braun-Blanq. & Maire
  • Molineria palustris Lojac.
  • Periballia minuta (L.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Periballia minuta var. lanata Maire
  • Periballia minuta var. sabulicola (Braun-Blanq. & Maire) Maire
  • Poa minuta (L.) Trin.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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