''Ventenata'' is a genus of plants 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 ...

, native to Europe, North Africa, and central + southwest Asia. One species, '' Ventenata dubia'', is considered an invasive weed in many places. ; Species * '' Ventenata blanchei'' Boiss. - Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Israel * '' Ventenata dubia'' (Leers) Coss. & Durieu - central Europe, Mediterranean, Ukraine, southern European Russia, Caucasus, Turkey, Kazakhstan; naturalized in parts of North AmericaBiota of North America 2013 county distribution map
/ref> * '' Ventenata eigiana'' (H.Scholz & Raus) Dogan - Turkey * '' Ventenata huber-morathii'' (Dogan) D.Heller - Turkey * '' Ventenata macra'' (Steven) Balansa ex Boiss. - Greece, Crimea, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Caucasus, Cyprus * '' Ventenata quercetorum'' Boiss. & Bal. - Turkey * '' Ventenata sorgerae'' (Dogan) D.Heller - Turkey * '' Ventenata subenervis'' Boiss. & Balansa - Turkey, islands of Eastern Aegean

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Pooideae Grasses of Asia Grasses of Africa Grasses of Europe Grasses of Russia Poaceae genera {{Pooideae-stub