Helictochloa

Genus of plants

Helictochloa
Helictochloa levis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Airinae
Genus: Helictochloa
Romero Zarco

Helictochloa is a genus of Eurasian, North African, and North American plants in the grass family.[1][2][3]

Species[4]
  • Helictochloa aetolica - Greece
  • Helictochloa agropyroides - Greece
  • Helictochloa albinervis - Morocco, Spain, Portugal
  • Helictochloa armeniaca - Turkey, Caucasus
  • Helictochloa blaui - Balkans
  • Helictochloa bromoides - western + central Mediterranean
  • Helictochloa cincinnata - Italy, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
  • Helictochloa compressa - Balkans, Hungary, Crimea
  • Helictochloa crassifolia - Balearic Islands
  • Helictochloa dahurica - Mongolia, northern China, Asiatic Russia
  • Helictochloa gervaisii - Morocco, Spain, Algeria
  • Helictochloa hackelii - Portugal
  • Helictochloa hookeri - widespread in much of Russia and China; also Ukraine, Mongolia, Central Asia, Canada, parts of USA (mostly Rocky Mountains)
  • Helictochloa levis - Morocco, Spain
  • Helictochloa lusitanica - Portugal
  • Helictochloa marginata - Spain, France, Portugal, Morocco, Canary Islands, Madeira
  • Helictochloa murcica - Spain, Portugal
  • Helictochloa planiculmis - Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Balkans, Turkey
  • Helictochloa praeusta - Italy, Balkans, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Ukraine
  • Helictochloa pratensis - Europe, Middle East
  • Helictochloa pruinosa - Spain, Algeria
  • Helictochloa × talaverae - Spain
  • Helictochloa versicolor - central + southern Europe, Turkey, Caucasus

See also

References

  1. ^ Romero Zarco, Carlos. 2011. Candollea 66(1): 96-103
  2. ^ Tropicos, Helictochloa Romero Zarco
  3. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Helictochloa includes photos and distribution maps for several species
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Taxon identifiers
Helictochloa