Phacelurus
genus of plants
Phacelurus is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family.
Species
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 included
see Loxodera and Thyrsia
Phacelurus caespitosus - Loxodera caespitosa
Phacelurus huillensis (Rendle) Clayton - Thyrsia huillensis (Rendle) Stapf
Phacelurus schliebenii (Pilg.) Clayton - Thyrsia schliebenii Pilg.
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