Helictochloa is a genus of Eurasian, North African, and North American plants in the grass family.[1][2][3]
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| Helictochloa levis | |
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: | Airinae |
| Genus: | Helictochloa Romero Zarco |
- 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 edit
References edit
- ^ Romero Zarco, Carlos. 2011. Candollea 66(1): 96-103
- ^ Tropicos, Helictochloa Romero Zarco
- ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Helictochloa includes photos and distribution maps for several species
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families