World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Milium spica-venti (L.) Lag., Elench. Pl.: 10 (1816).

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Apera spica-venti (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 31 (1812).
Family:	Poaceae
The Poaceae generic classification system originated from the GrassBase database, originally based on Genera Graminum (1985). Work is in progress to update this to a new globally accepted and collaborative generic classification based on the latest research.
* Agrostis spica-venti L., Sp. Pl.: 61 (1753). Avena spica-venti (L.) Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat.: 74 (1777). Agrostis gracilis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 25 (1796), nom. superfl. Apera spica-venti (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 31 (1812). Anemagrostis spica-venti (L.) Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 129 (1820). Festuca spica-venti (L.) Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 445 (1825). Muhlenbergia spica-venti (L.) Trin., M�m. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-P�tersbourg, S�r. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6(2): 285 (1845). Agrostis ventosa Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyr�n�es: 74 (1867), nom. superfl. Agrostis anemagrostis Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 11: 43 (1873), nom. superfl. Agrostis anemagrostis subsp. spica-venti (L.) Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 11: 43 (1873), not validly publ. * Basionym/Replaced Synonym
Original Compiler:	W.D.Clayton, R.Govaerts, K.T.Harman, H.Williamson & M.Vorontsova