Helictochloa

Helictochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Helictochloa Romero Zarco

Helictochloa is a genus of Eurasian, North African, and North American plants in the grass family.^[1][2][3]

Species^[4]

1. Helictochloa aetolica - Greece
2. Helictochloa agropyroides - Greece
3. Helictochloa albinervis - Morocco, Spain, Portugal
4. Helictochloa armeniaca - Turkey, Caucasus
5. Helictochloa blaui - Balkans
6. Helictochloa bromoides - western + central Mediterranean
7. Helictochloa cincinnata - Italy, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya
8. Helictochloa compressa - Balkans, Hungary, Crimea
9. Helictochloa crassifolia - Balearic Islands
10. Helictochloa dahurica - Mongolia, northern China, Asiatic Russia
11. Helictochloa gervaisii - Morocco, Spain, Algeria
12. Helictochloa hackelii - Portugal
13. Helictochloa hookeri - widespread in much of Russia and China; also Ukraine, Mongolia, Central Asia, Canada, parts of USA (mostly Rocky Mountains)
14. Helictochloa levis - Morocco, Spain
15. Helictochloa lusitanica - Portugal
16. Helictochloa marginata - Spain, France, Portugal, Morocco, Canary Islands, Madeira
17. Helictochloa murcica - Spain, Portugal
18. Helictochloa planiculmis - Poland, Czech Rep, Ukraine, Balkans, Turkey
19. Helictochloa praeusta - Italy, Balkans, Hungary, Austria, Czech Rep, Ukraine
20. Helictochloa pratensis - Europe, Middle East
21. Helictochloa pruinosa - Spain, Algeria
22. Helictochloa × talaverae - Spain
23. Helictochloa versicolor - central + southern Europe, Turkey, Caucasus

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

References

1. Romero Zarco, Carlos. 2011. Candollea 66(1): 96-103
2. Tropicos, Helictochloa Romero Zarco
3. Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Helictochloa includes photos and distribution maps for several species
4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families