Biology:Lycurus

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Short description: Genus of grasses


Wolfstails
Lycurussp.jpg
Lycurus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Lycurus

Kunth
Type species
Lycurus phleoides
Kunth[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Pleopogon Nutt.

Lycurus is a small genus of New World plants in the grass family, native to North and South America.[3][4]

These grasses are known commonly as wolfstails.[5][6][7]

Species[2][8]
  • Lycurus phalaroides Kunth - Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina
  • Lycurus phleoides Kunth - southwestern + south-central USA (AZ UT CO NM Texas OK),[9] northern + central Mexico, Bolivia, Peru
  • Lycurus setosus (Nutt.) C.Reeder - southwestern + south-central USA (California NV AZ UT CO NM Texas OK Kansas ), Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí), northern Argentina

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3753479 entry