Phacelurus

Phacelurus
Phacelurus latifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Andropogonodae
Tribe:	Andropogoneae
Subtribe:	Rottboelliinae
Genus:	Phacelurus Griseb.
Type species
Phacelurus digitatus (Sibth. & Sm.) Griseb.
Synonyms [1] [2]
Rottboellia subg. Phacelurus(Griseb.) Hack. JardineaSteud. PseudophacelurusA.Camus PseudovossiaA.Camus

Phacelurus is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Species ^{[1] [7] [6]}

• Phacelurus cambogiensis (Balansa) Clayton - Laos, Cambodia
• Phacelurus digitatus (Sm.) Griseb. - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria
• Phacelurus franksae (J.M.Wood) Clayton - Zambia, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal
• Phacelurus gabonensis (Steud.) Clayton - tropical Africa
• Phacelurus latifolius (Steud.) Ohwi -- China, Korea, Japan
• Phacelurus speciosus (Steud.) C.E.Hubb. - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Jammu-Kashmir
• Phacelurus trichophyllus S.L.Zhong - Sichuan, Yunnan

formerly included ^{[7] [1]}

see Loxodera and Thyrsia

• Phacelurus caespitosus - Loxodera caespitosa
• Phacelurus huillensis(Rendle) Clayton - Thyrsia huillensis (Rendle) Stapf
• Phacelurus schliebenii(Pilg.) Clayton - Thyrsia schliebenii Pilg.
• Phacelurus zea(C.B.Clarke) Clayton –  Thyrsia zea (C.B.Clarke) Stapf

References

1. "Phacelurus Griseb". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 15 May 2025.
2. Tropicos, Phacelurus Griseb.
3. Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf. 1846. Spicilegium florae rumelicae et bithynicae 2: 423
4. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 639 束尾草属 shu wei cao shu Phacelurus Grisebach, Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 423. 1846
5. Flora of Pakistan
6. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
7. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families