Helictotrichon
Encyclopedia
Helictotrichon is a genus
of perennial grass
in the Poaceae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of perennial grass
Grass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
in the Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
family.
Selected species
- Helictotrichon altius (Hitchc.) Ohwi
- Helictotrichon bromoides (Gouan) C. E. Hubb.
- Helictotrichon compressum (Heuff.) Henrard
- Helictotrichon decorum (Janka) Henrard
- Helictotrichon desertorum (Less.) Nevski
- Helictotrichon hookeri (Scribn.) Henrard
- Helictotrichon manniiHelictotrichon manniiHelictotrichon mannii is a species of grass in the Poaceae family.It is found in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.-Source:...
- Helictotrichon mongolicum (Roshev.) Henrard
- Helictotrichon planiculme (Schrad.) Besser ex Schult. & Schult. f.
- Helictotrichon pratenseHelictotrichon pratenseHelictotrichon pratense is a species of perennial grass in the Poaceae family, found in Europe, North Africa, and Asia...
(L.) Besser - Helictotrichon pubescens (Huds.) Besser ex Schult. & Schult. f.
- Helictotrichon schellianum (Hack.) Kitag.
- Helictotrichon sedenense (Clarion ex DC.) Holub
- Helictotrichon sempervirens (Vill.) Pilg. - Blue oat grassBlue oat grassHelictotrichon sempervirens, or Blue Oat Grass, is a bunchgrass often used as an ornamental grass in garden design and landscaping. It is in the Poaceae family of true grasses, and native to Central European grasslands....
- Helictotrichon spp.
- Helictotrichon sulcatum (J. Gay ex Delastre) Henrard
- Helictotrichon tianschanicum (Roshev.) Henrard
- Helictotrichon tibeticum (Roshev.) Holub
- Helictotrichon turgidulum (Stapf) Schweick.
- Helictotrichon versicolor (Vill.) Schult. & Schult. f.
- Helictotrichon virescens (Nees ex Steud.) Henrard