Avena

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin avēna (“oats”). === Proper noun === Avena f A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – grasses, including the common oat and oat grasses. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Poales – order; Poaceae – family; Pooideae – subfamily; Aveneae – tribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Avena sativa (common oat) – type species; Avena abyssinica (Ethiopian oat), Avena byzantina, Avena nuda (naked oat or hulless oat), Avena strigosa (lopsided oat, bristle oat, black oat) – other, cultivated species; Avena barbata (slender wild oat), Avena brevis (short oat), Avena fatua (spring wild oat, common wild oat), Avena maroccana (Moroccan oat), Avena occidentalis (western oat), Avena pubescens (downy oat-grass), Avena pratensis (meadow oat-grass), Avena spicata (poverty oat-grass), Avena sterilis (winter wild oat) – other, wild species === References === Avena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Avena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Avena on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons