Alopecurus
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(Alopecurus pratensis) [1]
Alopecurus, or foxtail grass, is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family. It is common across temperate and subtropical parts of Eurasia, northern Africa, and the Americas, as well as naturalized in Australia and on various islands.[2]
Foxtails can be annual or perennial. They grow in tufts. They have flat leaves and blunt ligules (a small flap at the junction of leaf and stem). Their inflorescence is a dense panicle (a branching head without terminal flower) with 1-flowered spikelets. A few, particularly A. myosuroides, are considered weeds, others are very decorative and are used in bouquets of dried flowers.
Species
43 species are accepted.[3]
- Alopecurus aequalis Sobol.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Orange foxtail, shortawn foxtail – Eurasia, Americas
- Alopecurus albovii TzvelevScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Caucasus
- Alopecurus alopecuroides (L.) L.J.Gillespie, Cabi & SorengScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Syria and Israel
- Alopecurus anatolicus DoganScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – eastern Turkey
- Alopecurus apiatus Ovcz.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran
- Alopecurus arundinaceus Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Reed foxtail, creeping foxtail, creeping meadow foxtail – Eurasia, North Africa
- Alopecurus aucheri Poir.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Caucasus, Turkey, Iran
- Alopecurus baptarrhenius S.M.PhillipsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Ethiopia
- Alopecurus bonariensis Parodi & Thell.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Argentina, Uruguay
- Alopecurus borii TzvelevScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Turkmenistan
- Alopecurus bornmuelleri DominScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Palestine
- Alopecurus brachystachus M.Bieb.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Russia, China, Mongolia
- Alopecurus × brachystylus Peterm.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – western and northern Europe and Siberia
- Alopecurus bulbosus GouanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Bulbous foxtail – Mediterranean, western Europe
- Alopecurus carolinianus WalterScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – tufted meadow foxtail – US, western Canada
- Alopecurus creticus Trin.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Greece, Turkey, Balkans
- Alopecurus cucullatus (L.) RaspailScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – central and eastern Mediterranean
- Alopecurus dasyanthus Tratv.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Caucasus, Iran
- Alopecurus davisii BorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Samos Island in Greece
- Alopecurus geniculatus L.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Bent foxtail, marsh meadow foxtail – Algeria, Eurasia
- Alopecurus gerardii Vill.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mediterranean
- Alopecurus goekyigitianus Cabi & SorengScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Turkey
- Alopecurus glacialis K.KochScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan
- Alopecurus × haussknechtianus Asch. & Graebn.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – central + northwestern Europe
- Alopecurus heliochloides Hack.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Chile
- Alopecurus himalaicus Hook.f.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Himalayas, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Central Asia, Xinjiang
- Alopecurus hitchcockii ParodiScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Peru, Bolivia, Jujuy
- Alopecurus japonicus Steud.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – China, Japan, Korea
- Alopecurus laguroides BalansaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Caucasus, Turkey
- Alopecurus lanatus Sm.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Turkey
- Alopecurus longiaristatus Maxim.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Heilongjiang, Primorye, Khabarovsk
- Alopecurus magellanicus Lam.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern Eurasia, North + South America, Falkland Is, South Georgia
- Alopecurus × marssonii Hausskn.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Ukraine
- Alopecurus mucronatus Hack.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan
- Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Slender meadow foxtail, black grass, twitch grass, black twitch – Eurasia, North Africa
- Alopecurus nepalensis Trin. ex Steud.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Himalayas, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
- Alopecurus × plettkei Mattf.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands
- Alopecurus ponticus K.KochScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Caucasus
- Alopecurus pratensis L.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – meadow foxtail – Eurasia from Azores to Mongolia
- Alopecurus rendlei EigScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – central + southern Europe, Algeria, Libya, Turkey
- Alopecurus saccatus VaseyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Pacific foxtail – United States (WA OR ID CA), Baja California
- Alopecurus setarioides Gren.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – France, Greece, Italy, Balkans, Turkey
- Alopecurus textilis Boiss.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Turkey, Caucasus, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan
- Alopecurus turczaninovii O.D.Nikif.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Siberia
- Alopecurus × turicensis BrüggerScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – France, Switzerland
- Alopecurus tzvelevii V.A.Agaf., Laktionov, Yu.E.Alexeev & MavrodievScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – central European Russia
- Alopecurus utriculatus Banks & Sol.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Greece, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine
- Alopecurus vaginatus (Willd.) Pall. ex KunthScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Crimea, Caucasus, Turkey, Middle East, Iran, Afghanistan
- Alopecurus × winklerianus Asch. & Graebn.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – France, Switzerland, Germany, Poland
Formerly included
Numerous species once considered part of Alopecurus but now regarded as better suited to other genera: Agrostis, Crypsis, Koeleria, Milium, Muhlenbergia, Pennisetum, Perotis, Phleum, Polypogon, Rostraria, Setaria and, Tribolium.[4]
See also
References
External links
- ↑ illustration from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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