Airopsis

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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|image = Airopsis_tenella_herbarium.jpg

|image_alt = Specimen of Airopsis

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Peraza Zurita, M.D. |date=2019 |title= Airopsis tenella |volume=2019 |page= e.T13164488A123986485 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T13164488A123986485.en |access-date=27 November 2022}}

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|genus = Airopsis

|parent_authority = Desv.Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1809. Journal de Botanique (Desvaux) 1: 200

|species = tenella

|authority = (Cav.) Coss. & Durieu

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=391203 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

|synonyms =

• Aeropsis Asch. & Graebn.
• Sphaerella Bubani
• Milium tenellum Cav.
• Agrostis tenella (Cav.) Poir.
• Aeropsis tenella (Cav.) Asch. & Graebn.
• Aira globosa Thore
• Airopsis globosa (Thore) Desv.
• Paspalum globosum (Thore) Raspail
• Briza globosa (Thore) Mutel
• Sphaerella pumila Bubani

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Airopsis is a genus of southern European and northern African plants in the grass family.{{cite web|url=http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/airopsis.htm |title=The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references |accessdate=2009-08-19 |author=Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. |date=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014003344/http://www.delta-intkey.com/grass/www/airopsis.htm |archivedate=2008-10-14 }}[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00018.htm Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora]

;Species

The only accepted species is Airopsis tenella, native to the western Mediterranean: Portugal, Spain, France incl Corsica, Italy incl Sicily, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco.[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=airopsis+tenella Altervista Flora Italiana, Nebbia globosa, Airopsis tenella (Cav.) Coss. & Durieu ]

;formerly included

Numerous other species were once included in Airopsis but are now regarded as better suited to other genera, including Aira Antinoria Dissanthelium Eragrostis Pentameris Periballia Poa Sphenopholis

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• Airopsis agrostidea – Antinoria agrostidea
• Airopsis ampla – Pentameris ampla
• Airopsis aurea – Pentameris aurea
• Airopsis brevifolia – Poa secunda
• Airopsis candolei – Antinoria agrostidea
• Airopsis capillaris – Aira elegantissima
• Airopsis caryophyllea – Aira caryophyllea
• Airopsis cupaniana – Aira cupaniana
• Airopsis insularis – Antinoria insularis
• Airopsis involucrata – Periballia involucrata
• Airopsis jubata – Eragrostis japonica
• Airopsis laevis – Periballia laevis
• Airopsis lendigera – Periballia laevis
• Airopsis millegrana – Eragrostis airoides
• Airopsis minuta – Periballia minuta
• Airopsis multiculmis – Antinoria insularis
• Airopsis obtusata – Sphenopholis obtusata
• Airopsis pallida – Pentameris ampla
• Airopsis peruviana – Dissanthelium peruvianum
• Airopsis praecox – Aira praecox
• Airopsis pulchella – Aira tenorei
• Airopsis setacea – Aira elegantissima
• Airopsis steudelii – Pentameris malouinensis
• Airopsis triseta – Eriachne triseta
• Airopsis tuberculata – Pentameris setifolia

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