- Holcus
Taxobox
name = "Holcus"
image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Holcus mollis"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Poales
familia =Poaceae
subfamilia =Pooideae
tribus =Aveneae
genus = "Holcus"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Holcus" is a genus of eight species of grasses, native to
Europe ,Atlantic Ocean islands,Africa and westernAsia ."Holcus" species are used as food plants by the
larva e of someLepidoptera species including "Coleophora lixella".;Species
*"Holcus annuus " (syn. "H. setiglumis"; southern Europe, northern Africa)
*"Holcus azoricus " (Azores - probably a hybrid of "H. lanatus" and "H. rigidus")
*"Holcus gayanus " (southwest Europe)
*"Holcus grandiflorus " (southwest Europe)
*"Holcus lanatus " (Yorkshire Fog; Europe and western Asia; also widely naturalised elsewhere)
*"Holcus mollis " (Creeping Soft Grass; Europe and western Asia; also widely naturalised elsewhere)
*"Holcus notarisii " (southeastern Europe)
*"Holcus rigidus " (Macaronesia )
*"Holcus setiger " (southern Africa, southern Atlantic Islands)
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