Holcus

Soft-grass
Holcus mollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Poodae
Tribe: Poeae
Subtribe: Holcinae
Genus: Holcus
L.
Type species
Holcus lanatus
Synonyms[1]
  • Arthrochloa R.Br.
  • Ginannia Bubani
  • Homalachne (Benth. & Hook.f.) Kuntze
  • Homoiachne Pilg.
  • Notholcus Nash ex Hitchc.
  • Nothoholcus Nash
  • Sorgum Adans., rejected name

Holcus (soft-grass or velvetgrass) is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the oat tribe within the grass family.[2][3][4]

Holcus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora lixella.

Species[1][5][6]
formerly included[1]

Several species now regarded as better suited to other genera; Andropogon Arrhenatherum Arundinella Bothriochloa Capillipedium Centotheca Chasmanthium Chrysopogon Deschampsia Heteropogon Hierochloe Pennisetum Pentameris Pseudoraphis Rostraria Sorghum Sporobolus Ventenata