Helictochloa is a genus of Eurasian, North African, and North American plants in the grass family.[1][2][3]
Helictochloa is a genus of Eurasian, North African, and North American plants in the grass family.
Species Helictochloa aetolica - Greece Helictochloa agropyroides - Greece Helictochloa albinervis - Morocco, Spain, Portugal Helictochloa armeniaca - Turkey, Caucasus Helictochloa blaui - Balkans Helictochloa bromoides - western + central Mediterranean Helictochloa cincinnata - Italy, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya Helictochloa compressa - Balkans, Hungary, Crimea Helictochloa crassifolia - Balearic Islands Helictochloa dahurica - Mongolia, northern China, Asiatic Russia Helictochloa gervaisii - Morocco, Spain, Algeria Helictochloa hackelii - Portugal Helictochloa hookeri - widespread in much of Russia and China; also Ukraine, Mongolia, Central Asia, Canada, parts of USA (mostly Rocky Mountains) Helictochloa levis - Morocco, Spain Helictochloa lusitanica - Portugal Helictochloa marginata - Spain, France, Portugal, Morocco, Canary Islands, Madeira Helictochloa murcica - Spain, Portugal Helictochloa planiculmis - Poland, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Balkans, Turkey Helictochloa praeusta - Italy, Balkans, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Ukraine Helictochloa pratensis - Europe, Middle East Helictochloa pruinosa - Spain, Algeria Helictochloa × talaverae - Spain Helictochloa versicolor - central + southern Europe, Turkey, CaucasusHelictochloa es un género de gramíneas perennes anteriormente incluidas en el género Avenula.
El género fue descrito por Romero Zarco