Psilurus

Psilurus is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.[2][3]

Species

Psilurus
Illustration of Psilurus incurvus
Scientific classification
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Psilurus

Species:
P. incurvus
Binomial name
Psilurus incurvus
(Gouan) Schinz & Thell.
Type species
Psilurus nardoides[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Asprella Host [1809], illegitimate homonym not Schreb. 1789 nor Willd. 1809
  • Nardus incurva Gouan
  • Nardus aristata L.
  • Rottboellia monandra Cav.
  • Asprella nardiformis Host
  • Psilurus nardoides Trin.
  • Nardus monandra (Cav.) Raspail
  • Psilurus rottboellioides Griff.
  • Psilurus aristatus (L.) Duval-Jouve
  • Psilurus hirtellus Simonk.
  • Asprella aristata (L.) Kuntze
  • Psilurus incurvus var. hirtellus (Simonk.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Psilurus aristatus f. hirtellus (Simonk.) Csürös

The only known species is Psilurus incurvus, native to the Mediterranean and southwest Asia from Portugal and Morocco to Pakistan and Uzbekistan. It is also naturalised in parts of Australia.[1][4][5][6]

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