Vulpia
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.
Vulpia 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, a German botanist.
; SpeciesVulpia alopecuros Link - western Mediterranean, Canary IsVulpia alpina L.Liu - TibetVulpia antucensis Trin. - Chile, ArgentinaVulpia australis Blom - South AmericaVulpia brevis Boiss. & Kotschy - eastern MediterraneanVulpia bromoides Gray - brome fescue - Europe, Africa, Arabia; naturalized in Australia, the Americas, various islandsVulpia ciliata Dumort. - Europe, North Africa, central + southwestern Asia; introduced in Australia, New Zealand, PennsylvaniaVulpia cynosuroides Parl. - Algeria, Morocco, TunisiaVulpia delicatula Dumort. - Portugal, SpainVulpia elliotea Fernald - squirreltail fescue - southeastern USA Vulpia fasciculata Samp. - western Europe, Mediterranean, Caucasus; introduced in Australia, South AfricaVulpia fontquerana Melderis & Stace - SpainVulpia geniculata Link - Mediterranean, Sweden, Britain, Canary Islands, MadeiraVulpia gracilis H.Scholz - Tunisia, LibyaVulpia gypsophila Nyman - Spain, SicilyVulpia ligustica Link - MediterraneanVulpia litardiereana A.Camus - MoroccoVulpia membranacea Dumort. - MediterraneanVulpia microstachys Munro - small fescue - western USA, British Columbia, Baja California, PeruVulpia muralis Nees - Mediterranean, Azores, Canary Islands, Balkans, Hungary, Saudi Arabia; introduced in Australia, scattered locales in South AmericaVulpia myuros C.C.Gmel. - rat-tail fescue - Africa, Eurasia; introduced in Australia, the Americas, various islandsVulpia octoflora Rydb. - widespread in North America; also Chile + ArgentinaVulpia pectinella Boiss. - North Africa, Middle East from Morocco to IraqVulpia persica Krecz. & Bobrov - Asia from Saudi Arabia to KazakhstanVulpia sicula Link - MediterraneanVulpia unilateralis Stace - from Britain to Morocco + Tajikistan
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Numerous species once considered part of Vulpia but now regarded as better suited to other genera: ''Anthosachne Australopyrum Avellinia Festuca Micropyrum Vulpiella''