Micropyrum Explained

Micropyrum is a genus of European and North African plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species^{[4] [5]}

• Micropyrum patens (Brot.) Rothm. ex Pilg. - Spain, Portugal
• Micropyrum tenellum (L.) Link - Spain, Portugal including Madeira, France including Corsica, Italy (Valle d'Aosta, Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria, Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, Sicily, Sardinia), Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Slovenia, Algeria, Libya, Morocco

formerly included^[4] see Castellia Catapodium Vulpia

• Micropyrum mamoraeum - Catapodium mamoraeum
• Micropyrum tenellum f. aristatum - Vulpia unilateralis
• Micropyrum tenellum var. aristatum - Vulpia unilateralis
• Micropyrum tuberculosum - Castellia tuberculosa

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109606#page/405/mode/1up Link, Johann Heinrich Friedrich. 1844. Linnaea 17(4) 397-398
2. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=micropyrum+tenellum` Altervista Flora Italiana, Micropyrum tenellum (L.) Link
3. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00387.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=424292 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Micropyrum The Plant List search for Micropyrum