Psilurus

Psilurus
	Illustration of Psilurus incurvus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Psilurus; Trin.
Species:	P. incurvus
Binomial name
	Psilurus incurvus; (Gouan) Schinz & Thell.
Type species
	Psilurus nardoides; Trin.
Synonyms
	Asprella Host [1809], illegitimate homonym not Schreb. 1789 nor Willd. 1809; Nardus incurva Gouan; Nardus aristata L.; Rottboellia monandra Cav.; Asprella nardiformis Host; Psilurus nardoides Trin.; Nardus monandra (Cav.) Raspail; Psilurus rottboellioides Griff.; Psilurus aristatus (L.) Duval-Jouve; Psilurus hirtellus Simonk.; Asprella aristata (L.) Kuntze; Psilurus incurvus var. hirtellus (Simonk.) Asch. & Graebn.; Psilurus aristatus f. hirtellus (Simonk.) Csürös;

Psilurus is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.^[2]^[3]

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The only known species is Psilurus incurvus, native to the Mediterranean and southwest Asia from Portugal and Morocco to Pakistan and Uzbekistan. It is also naturalised in parts of Australia.^[1]^[4]^[5]^[6]

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