Milium (plant)

Milium
Milium effusum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Supertribe:	Poodae
Tribe:	Poeae
Subtribe:	Miliinae Dumort.
Genus:	Milium L. 1753 not Adans. 1763
Type species
Milium effusum L. [1] [2]
Synonyms [3]
MiliariumMoench

Milium (vernacular name milletgrass) is a genus of Eurasian, North American, and North African plants in the grass family. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Species

Source: ^{[8] [3] [9]}

• Milium atropatanum Maroofi - Iran
• Milium effusum L. - eastern + central Canada; northeastern + north-central United States; Eurasia + North Africa from Iceland + Spain to Taiwan + Kamchatka
• Milium pedicellare (Bornm.) Roshev. ex Melderis - Middle East
• Milium schmidtianum K.Koch - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus
• Milium transcaucasicum Tzvelev - Transcaucasus
• Milium vernale M.Bieb. - Eurasia + North Africa from France + Morocco to Kazakhstan; naturalized in Idaho

Formerly included

Many species once included in Milium but now considered better suited to other genera: Achnatherum , Aeluropus , Agrostis , Airopsis , Alloteropsis , Amphicarpum , Aniselytron , Anthaenantia , Antinoria , Apera , Arundinella , Axonopus , Brachiaria , Cynodon , Digitaria , Echinochloa , Eriochloa , Eriocoma , Gastridium , Homolepis , Ichnanthus , Isachne , Luziola , Muhlenbergia , Nassella , Oplismenus , Oryzopsis , Panicum , Paspalum , Pentameris , Piptatherum , Piptochaetium , Poa , Polypogon , Sorghum , Sporobolus , Trachypogon , Tricholaena , Triplachne , Zingeria and Zoysia . ^[3]

References

1. lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 119. 1929
2. Tropicos, Milium L.
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
5. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Milium
6. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 311 粟草属 su cao shu Milium Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 61. 1753.
7. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
8. "Vereadores". Portal CMBH (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
9. "Milium L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. Retrieved 12 February 2025.