Holcus
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Holcus (soft-grass or velvetgrass) is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the oat tribe within the grass family.[1][2][3]
Holcus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora lixella.
- Holcus annuus - Mediterranean and nearby areas from Portugal + Morocco to Caucasus
- Holcus azoricus - Azores - possibly a hybrid of H. lanatus and H. rigidus
- Holcus caespitosus - Sierra Nevada in southern Spain
- Holcus gayanus - Spain, Portugal
- Holcus grandiflorus - Spain
- Holcus × hybridus - France, Germany, British Isles -- H. lanatus × H. mollis
- Holcus lanatus - Europe, Mediterranean + nearby areas from Iceland to Canary Isles to Caucasus; naturalized in North + South America, Australia, New Zealand, East Asia, various islands
- Holcus mollis - Algeria, Tunisia, most of Europe; naturalized in Australia, new Zealand, scattered locales in North America
- Holcus notarisii - Macedonia, Italy
- Holcus rigidus - Azores
- Holcus setiger - Cape Prov of South Africa
- formerly included[4]
Several species now regarded as better suited to other genera; Andropogon Arrhenatherum Arundinella Bothriochloa Capillipedium Centotheca Chasmanthium Chrysopogon Deschampsia Heteropogon Hierochloe Pennisetum Pentameris Pseudoraphis Rostraria Sorghum Sporobolus Ventenata
References
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- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1047-1049 in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, Holcus L.
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana genere Holcus
- ↑ a b Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedy - ↑ The Plant List search for Holcus
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps