⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-390826, with some changes.

Aira cespitosa subsp. alpina (L.) Hook.f. is a synonym of Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P.Beauv.

This name is a synonym of Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) P.Beauv..

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as a synonym (record 390826) with original publication details: Student Fl. Brit. Isl. ed. 3: 437 1884.