Holcus

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Soft-grass
Gladde witbol bloeiwijze Holcus mollis.jpg
Holcus mollis
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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: Holcinae
Genus: Holcus
L.
Type species
Holcus lanatus
L.
Synonyms [1]
  • ArthrochloaR.Br.
  • GinanniaBubani
  • Homalachne(Benth. & Hook.f.) Kuntze
  • HomoiachnePilg.
  • NotholcusNash ex Hitchc.
  • NothoholcusNash
  • SorgumAdans., rejected name

Holcus (soft-grass or velvetgrass) is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the oat tribe within the grass family. [2] [3] [4]

Holcus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora lixella .

Species [1] [5] [6]
formerly included [1]

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

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