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
Synonyms
  • Rottboellia subg. Phacelurus (Griseb.) Hack.
  • Jardinea Steud.
  • Pseudophacelurus A.Camus
  • Pseudovossia A.Camus

Phacelurus is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family.

Species
formerly included

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