''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a

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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

. The genus name comes from the

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''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the species are

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to Africa and Eurasia with a few species in North America. ''

Helictotrichon sempervirens ''Helictotrichon sempervirens'', the blue oat grass, is a species of flowering plant in the true grass family, Poaceae, native to central and southwest European grasslands. It is a bunchgrass often used as an ornamental grass in garden design and ...

'' is widely cultivated as an ornamental.Altervisita Flora Italiana, genere ''Helictotrichon''
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/ref> * '' Helictotrichon altius'' (Hitchc.) Ohwi - China * ''

Helictotrichon angustum ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' C.E.Hubb. - Kenya, Yemen * '' Helictotrichon arctum'' Cope - Yemen * '' Helictotrichon barbatum'' (Nees) Schweick. - South Africa * '' Helictotrichon burmanicum'' Bor - Myanmar * '' Helictotrichon cantabricum'' (Lag.) Gervais - Pyrenees in France + Spain * '' Helictotrichon capense'' Schweick. - South Africa * ''

Helictotrichon convolutum ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' (C.Presl) Henrard - Italy, Greece, Balkans, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon * '' Helictotrichon cycladum'' (Rech.f. & T.C.Scheff.) Rech.f. - Greece incl Crete * '' Helictotrichon decorum'' (Janka) Henrard - Romania * '' Helictotrichon delavayi'' (Hack.) Henrard - China * ''

Helictotrichon desertorum ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' (Less.) Nevski - Austria, Czech Rep, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia * ''

Helictotrichon devesae ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' Romero Zarco - Spain * ''

Helictotrichon dodii ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' (Stapf) Schweick. - South Africa * ''

Helictotrichon elongatum ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.E.Hubb. - Madagascar; Africa from Chad to Eritrea to Zimbabwe * ''

Helictotrichon fedtschenkoi ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' (Hack.) Henrard - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan * ''

Helictotrichon filifolium ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' (Lag.) Henrard - Spain, Morocco, Algeria * ''

Helictotrichon galpinii ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' Schweick. - South Africa, Lesotho * ''

Helictotrichon hideoi ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' (Honda) Ohwi - Japan, Taiwan * ''

Helictotrichon hirtulum ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' (Steud.) Schweick. - South Africa, Lesotho * ''

Helictotrichon hissaricum ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' (Roshev.) Henrard - Tajikistan * ''

Helictotrichon imberbe ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' (Nees) Veldkamp - South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland * '' Helictotrichon junghuhnii'' (Buse) Henrard - China, Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java, New Guinea * ''

Helictotrichon × krischae ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' H.Melzer - Austria * ''

Helictotrichon krylovii ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' (Pavlov) Henrard -

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* '' Helictotrichon lachnanthum'' (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.E.Hubb. -

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, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda * '' Helictotrichon leianthum'' (Keng) Ohwi - China * '' Helictotrichon leoninum'' (Steud.) Schweick. - South Africa * '' Helictotrichon longifolium'' (Nees) Schweick. - South Africa, Lesotho * '' Helictotrichon longum'' (Stapf) Schweick. - South Africa * '' Helictotrichon macrostachyum'' (Balansa & Durieu) Henrard - Algeria * '' Helictotrichon mannii'' (Pilg.) C.E.Hubb. -

, Cameroon * '' Helictotrichon milanjianum'' (Rendle) C.E.Hubb. - Madagascar, East Africa * '' Helictotrichon mongolicum'' (Roshev.) Henrard - Siberia, Mongolia, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan * '' Helictotrichon mortonianum'' (Scribn.) Henrard - USA (Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico) * '' Helictotrichon murcicum'' Holub - Spain * '' Helictotrichon namaquense'' Schweick. - South Africa * '' Helictotrichon natalense'' (Stapf) Schweick. - South Africa * '' Helictotrichon newtonii'' (Stapf) C.E.Hubb. - Angola * '' Helictotrichon parlatorei'' (J.Woods) Pilg. - Alps of France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia * '' Helictotrichon petzense'' H.Melzer - Alps of Austria, Slovenia * '' Helictotrichon planifolium'' (Willk.) Holub - Pyrenees in France + Spain * '' Helictotrichon polyneurum'' (Hook.f.) Henrard -

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* '' Helictotrichon potaninii'' Tzvelev -

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

* '' Helictotrichon quinquesetum'' (Steud.) Schweick. - South Africa * ''

Helictotrichon requienii ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' (Mutel) Henrard - France + Spain * '' Helictotrichon rogerellisii'' Mashau, Fish & A.E.van Wyk - South Africa * '' Helictotrichon roggeveldense'' Mashau, Fish & A.E.van Wyk - South Africa * '' Helictotrichon sangilense'' Krasnob. -

Tuva Tuva (; russian: Тува́) or Tyva ( tyv, Тыва), officially the Republic of Tuva (russian: Респу́блика Тыва́, r=Respublika Tyva, p=rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə tɨˈva; tyv, Тыва Республика, translit=Tyva Respublika ...

in Siberia * '' Helictotrichon sarracenorum'' (Gand.) Holub - Spain * ''

Helictotrichon schmidii ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' (Hook.f.) Henrard - India, China * '' Helictotrichon sedenense'' (Clarion ex DC.) Holub - France, Spain, Italy, Morocco * ''

'' (Vill.) Pilg. - Blue oat grass - France, Italy * '' Helictotrichon setaceum'' (Vill.) Henrard - France, Italy * '' Helictotrichon sumatrense'' Ohwi - Sumatra * '' Helictotrichon tianschanicum'' (Roshev.) Henrard - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang * ''

Helictotrichon tibeticum ''Helictotrichon'', or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek ''heliktos'' meaning twisted, and ''trichos'' meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn. Most of the ...

'' (Roshev.) Holub - China incl Tibet + Xinjiang * '' Helictotrichon turcomanicum'' Czopanov - Turkmenistan * '' Helictotrichon umbrosum'' (Hochst. ex Steud.) C.E.Hubb. - Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania * '' Helictotrichon uniyalii'' Kandwal & B.K.Gupta -

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* '' Helictotrichon yunnanense'' S.Wang & B.S.Sun -

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; formerly included Many species once considered part of ''Helictotrichon'' are now regarded as better suited to other genera. A large number are now in ''Helictochloa'' with smaller numbers of species in ''

Amphibromus ''Amphibromus'' is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae. Most are known as swamp wallaby grass.Thieret, J. W''Amphibromus''. Grass Manual. Flora of North America.Arrhenatherum ''Arrhenatherum'', commonly called oatgrass or button-grass, is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. Description Wild forms can resemble wild oat (''Avena'') or fescue (''Festuca''). Oatgrasses are very common pere ...

Avenula ''Avenula'' is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the grass family. Over 100 names have been proposed for species, subspecies, varieties, and other infraspecific taxa within ''Avenula'', but only one species is accepted. The others names are ...

Danthoniastrum ''Danthoniastrum'' is a genus of Balkan and Caucasian plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Danthoniastrum brevidentatum'' H.Scholz - Kosovo, Albania * '' Danthoniastrum compactum'' (Boiss. & Heldr.) Holub - Greece * '' Danthoniastrum ko ...

Duthiea ''Duthiea'' is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Duthiea brachypodium'' (P.Candargy) Keng & Keng f. - Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh * '' Duthiea bromoides'' Hack. - Jammu & ...

Tricholemma ''Tricholemma'' is a genus of North African plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Tricholemma breviaristatum'' (Barratte) Röser - Algeria * '' Tricholemma jahandiezii'' (Litard. ex Jahand. & Maire) Röser - Algeria, Morocco See also * ...

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Trisetum ''Trisetum'' is a genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biologica ...

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