Vulpia

Vulpia
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Vulpia_octoflora_(3990319536).jpg
|image_caption = Vulpia octoflora
|taxon = Vulpia
|authority = C.C.Gmel.
|type_species = Vulpia myuros
|type_species_authority = (L.) C.C.Gmel.
|synonyms_ref =
|synonyms =
Festuca sect. Vulpia (C.C. Gmel.) Endl.
Festuca subgen. Vulpia (C.C. Gmel.) Hack.
Zerna Panz.
Mygalurus Link
Chloamnia Raf.
Dasiola Raf.
Nardurus (Bluff, Nees & Schauer) Rchb.
Festucaria Link 1844, illegitimate homonym not Heist. ex Fabr. 1759
Ctenopsis De Not.
Distomischus Dulac
Prosphysis Dulac
Loretia Duval-Jouve
'[Narduretia Villar
}}Vulpia is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions.Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 242 鼠茅 shu mao Vulpia myuros (Linnaeus) C. C. Gmelin, Fl. Bad. 1: 8. 1805 Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Vulpia includes photos, drawings, and distribution maps for several speciesVulpia is a part of a group of species known as fescues; Vulpia is sometimes considered a subset of the main fescue genus, Festuca. Many of these fescues are considered noxious weeds in many places. Vulpia myuros is a notable weed.
The genus is named for Johann Samuel Vulpius (1760-1846), a German botanist.
SpeciesThe Plant List search for Vulpia
Vulpia alopecuros (Schousb.) Link - western Mediterranean, Canary Is
Vulpia alpina L.Liu - Tibet
Vulpia antucensis Trin. - Chile, Argentina
Vulpia australis (Nees) Blom - South America
Vulpia brevis Boiss. & Kotschy - eastern Mediterranean
Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray - brome fescue - Europe, Africa, Arabia; naturalized in Australia, the Americas, various islands
Vulpia ciliata Dumort. - Europe, North Africa, central + southwestern Asia; introduced in Australia, New Zealand, Pennsylvania
Vulpia cynosuroides (Desf.) Parl. - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Vulpia delicatula (Lag.) Dumort. - Portugal, Spain
Vulpia elliotea (Raf.) Fernald - squirreltail fescue - southeastern USA (Texas to New Jersey)
Vulpia fasciculata (Forssk.) Samp. - western Europe, Mediterranean, Caucasus; introduced in Australia, South Africa
Vulpia fontquerana Melderis & Stace - Spain
Vulpia geniculata (L.) Link - Mediterranean, Sweden, Britain, Canary Islands, Madeira
Vulpia gracilis H.Scholz - Tunisia, Libya
Vulpia gypsophila (Hack.) Nyman - Spain, Sicily
Vulpia ligustica (All.) Link - Mediterranean
Vulpia litardiereana (Maire) A.Camus - Morocco
Vulpia membranacea (L.) Dumort. - Mediterranean
Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro - small fescue - western USA, British Columbia, Baja California (incl Guadalupe Island), Peru
Vulpia muralis (Kunth) Nees - Mediterranean, Azores, Canary Islands, Balkans, Hungary, Saudi Arabia; introduced in Australia, scattered locales in South America
Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C.Gmel. - rat-tail fescue - Africa, Eurasia; introduced in Australia, the Americas, various islands
Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. - widespread in North America; also Chile + Argentina
Vulpia pectinella (Delile) Boiss. - North Africa, Middle East from Morocco to Iraq
Vulpia persica (Boiss. & Buhse) Krecz. & Bobrov - Asia from Saudi Arabia to Kazakhstan
Vulpia sicula (J.Presl) Link - Mediterranean
Vulpia unilateralis (L.) Stace - from Britain to Morocco + Tajikistan
formerly included
Numerous species once considered part of Vulpia but now regarded as better suited to other genera: Anthosachne Australopyrum Avellinia Festuca Micropyrum Vulpiella''
References
Pooideae
Poaceae genera
Grasses of Africa
Grasses of Asia
Grasses of Europe
Grasses of North America
Grasses of South America