| Bentgrass | |
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| Agrostis capillaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Agrostidinae |
| Genus: | Agrostis L. |
| Type species | |
| Agrostis canina | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Agrostis (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world.[4][5][6][7][8][9] It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass.[10]
- ^ lectotype designated by Philipson, J. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 51 (1937)
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- ^ "Agrostis". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1753). Species Plantarum. Vol. 1. pp. 61-63.
- ^ Watson, L.; Dallwitz, M.J. (2008). "Agrostis L." The Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ Lu, Sheng-lian; Phillips, Sylvia M. "Agrostis". Flora of China. Vol. 22 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ "Agrostis". Flora of Pakistan – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ "Genere Agrostis". Altervista Flora Italiana. Includes photos and distribution maps of several species.
- ^ "Agrostis". Ausgrass, Grasses of Australia.
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