''Koeleria'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the

grass family Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...

, found on all continents except

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and on various oceanic islands. It includes species known generally as Junegrasses. The genus was named after German botanist Georg Ludwig Koeler (1765–1807). ;SpeciesPlant List search for Koeleria
/ref> *'' Koeleria altaica'' – Siberia, China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia *'' Koeleria argentea'' – China, Mongolia, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Himalayas *'' Koeleria asiatica'' – Russia, China incl Tibet, Mongolia, Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories *'' Koeleria askoldensis'' –

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region of Russia incl Askold Island *'' Koeleria besseri'' – Europe from the Czech Republic to central European Russia *'' Koeleria biebersteinii'' –

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*'' Koeleria boliviensis'' – Bolivia *''

Koeleria brevis ''Koeleria'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found on all continents except Antarctica and on various oceanic islands. It includes species known generally as Junegrasses. The genus was named after German botanis ...

'' – Ukraine, Russia, Caucasus, Turkey *''

Koeleria calderonii ''Koeleria'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, found on all continents except Antarctica and on various oceanic islands. It includes species known generally as Junegrasses. The genus was named after German ...

'' – Argentina ( Mendoza) *'' Koeleria capensis'' – Yemen, Africa from Ethiopia + Cameroon to Cape Province *'' Koeleria carolii'' – Morocco *'' Koeleria caudata'' – Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria *'' Koeleria cenisia'' – western Alps (France, Italy, Switzerland) *'' Koeleria cheesemanii'' – New Zealand *'' Koeleria crassipes'' – Spain, Portugal *''

Koeleria delavignei ''Koeleria delavignei'' is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. Its native range is Eastern Europe to Siberia Siberia ( ; , ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west ...

'' – Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan *''

Koeleria embergeri ''Koeleria'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found on all continents except Antarctica and on various oceanic islands. It includes species known generally as Junegrasses. The genus was named after German botanist ...

'' – Morocco *''

Koeleria eriostachya ''Koeleria'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found on all continents except Antarctica and on various oceanic islands. It includes species known generally as Junegrasses. The genus was named after German botanist ...

'' – Eurasia from Switzerland to Kazakhstan *''

Koeleria fueguina ''Koeleria'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found on all continents except Antarctica and on various oceanic islands. It includes species known generally as Junegrasses. The genus was named after German botanist ...

'' – Chile, Argentina *''

Koeleria glauca ''Koeleria glauca'', commonly known as blue hair grass, is a grass species of the genus ''Koeleria''. It grows in dunes and other sandy places. It is mainly distributed in eastern Central Europe, with its western outposts in the coastal dunes of ...

'' – Eurasia from France to Mongolia *'' Koeleria gubanovii'' –

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in Russia *''

Koeleria hirsuta ''Koeleria'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found on all continents except Antarctica and on various oceanic islands. It includes species known generally as Junegrasses. The genus was named after German botanist ...

'' – central Alps (Italy, Switzerland, Austria) * ''Koeleria'' × ''hungarica'' – Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria *'' Koeleria inaequaliglumis'' – Argentina ( Mendoza) *'' Koeleria insubrica'' – Italy, Croatia *'' Koeleria karavajevii'' –

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*'' Koeleria kurtzii'' – Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru *'' Koeleria loweana'' –

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*'' Koeleria lucana'' –

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region of Italy *'' Koeleria luerssenii'' –

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Koeleria macrantha ''Koeleria macrantha'' is a species of grass known by the common name prairie Junegrass in North America and crested hair-grass in the UK. It is widespread across much of Eurasia and North America. It occurs in many habitat types. Description '' ...

'' – Eurasia, North America *'' Koeleria mendocinensis'' – Argentina *'' Koeleria micrathera'' – Argentina, Chile incl Juan Fernández Is * ''Koeleria'' × ''mixta'' – Great Britain *'' Koeleria nitidula'' – Balkans, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Caucasus, Afghanistan *'' Koeleria novozelandica'' – New Zealand *'' Koeleria permollis'' – Falkland Is, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru *'' Koeleria praeandina'' – Argentina ( Mendoza) *''

Koeleria pyramidata ''Koeleria pyramidata'' is a Eurasian plant species in the Poaceae, grass family. It is found in grasslands from France + Denmark to Nepal + Siberia.Yakutia Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia, and the largest federal subject of Russia by area. It is located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of one million ...

*'' Koeleria rhodopea'' – Bulgaria *'' Koeleria riguorum'' – New Zealand South I *'' Koeleria skrjabinii'' –

*'' Koeleria splendens'' – Mediterranean from Spain + Morocco to Turkey *'' Koeleria thonii'' –

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Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yenisey, Yenisey River, and is the second-largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk, with a p ...

*'' Koeleria tzvelevii'' –

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*'' Koeleria vallesiana'' – Europe, North Africa *'' Koeleria ventanicola'' – Argentina (

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) *'' Koeleria vurilochensis'' – Argentina (

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, Río Negro, Santa Cruz) ;Formerly included hundreds of species once included in ''Koeleria'' but now considered better suited to other genera including '' Aeluropus'', ''

Agrostis ''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a Genetically modified organis ...

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Colpodium ''Colpodium'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Asia but with a few species on certain mountains in Africa. ; SpeciesMill, R. R. 1985. ''Eremopoa, Nephelochloa, Catabrosella, Colpodium, Hyalopoa, Catabrosa, Paracolpo ...

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Dactylis ''Dactylis'' is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the bluegrass subfamily within the grass family. ''Dactylis'' is native to North Africa, they are found throughout the world, and are an invasive species. They are known in English ...

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Festuca ''Festuca'' (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on ...

'', '' Graphephorum'', ''

Rostraria ''Rostraria'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, native primarily to Eurasia and North Africa with one species native to South America. Hairgrass is a common name. These grasses are sometimes included in genus ''Koeleria''. ; Sp ...

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Schismus ''Schismus'' is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. Two species are naturalized in North America, where they are known as Mediterranean grass. ; Species * ''Schismus arabicus'' - Greece, North Africa, East Africa ...

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Sesleria ''Sesleria'' is a genus of perennial plants in the Poaceae, grass family. They are native to Eurasia and North Africa. They are found in Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean I ...

'', '' Trisetaria'' and '' Trisetum''.

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