Phacelurus

Phacelurus
Phacelurus latifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
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.
Synonyms12
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.³⁴⁵⁶

Species¹⁷⁶

• 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 included⁷¹

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