Avena is a genus of Eurasian and African plants in the grass family. Collectively known as the oats, they include some species which have been cultivated for thousands of years as a food source for humans and livestock. They are widespread throughout Europe, Asia and northwest Africa. Several species have become naturalized in many parts of the world, and are regarded as invasive weeds where they compete with crop production. All oats have edible seeds, though they are small and hard to harvest in most species.
Cortaderia is a genus of South American and Central American plants in the Poaceae grass family.
Arrhenatherum, commonly called oatgrass or button-grass, is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in grass family.
Lolium is a genus of tufted grasses in the bluegrass subfamily of the grass family. It is often called ryegrass, but this term is sometimes used to refer to grasses in other genera.
Cortaderia selloana is a species of flowering plant in the Poaceae family. It is referred to by the common name pampas grass, and is native to southern South America, including the Pampas region after which it is named.
Aira is a genus of Old World plants in the grass family, native to western and southern Europe, central and southwest Asia, plus Africa.
Holcus is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the oat tribe within the grass family.
Anthoxanthum, commonly known as hornworts, vernal grasses, or vernalgrasses, is a genus of plants in the grass family.
Phleum (timothy) is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family. The genus is native to Europe, Asia and north Africa, with one species also in North and South America.
Koeleria is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found on all continents except Antarctica and on various oceanic islands. It includes species known generally as Junegrasses.
Vulpia is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions.
Glyceria is a widespread genus of grass family common across Eurasia, Australia, North Africa, and the Americas.
Rostraria is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Eurasia and North Africa with one species native to South America. Hairgrass is a common name.
Airopsis is a genus of southern European and northern African plants in the grass family.
Corynephorus is a genus of European, North African, and Middle Eastern plants in the grass family.
Cutandia is a genus of Asian and Mediterranean plants in the grass family. It is native to lands extending from Portugal and Cape Verde to Pakistan and Kazakhstan.
Triplachne is a genus of seaside plants in the grass family, native to shorelines in the Mediterranean region from the Canary Islands to Turkey. The only known species is Triplachne nitens, called shining grass. It is native to Spain, Portugal, Sicily, Greece, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Cyprus, Palestine, Israel.
Moraea aristata is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is referred to by the common names blue-eyed uintjie or Blouooguintjie in Afrikaans and is a critically endangered species of plant in the genus Moraea, that is endemic to the city of Cape Town and is now restricted to the grounds of the Observatory in the Cape Town suburb of Observatory.
Patersonia fragilis is a flowering plant in the Iridaceae family. It is referred to by the common names short purple flag or swamp iris, and is a herbaceous perennial native to southeastern Australia.
Geissorhiza ovata is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is found growing on stone ridges and rock outcrops in Northern Cape, South Africa.
