Milium (plant) explained

Milium (vernacular name milletgrass) is a genus of Eurasian, North American, and North African plants in the grass family.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species^[5]

• Milium atropatanum Maroofi - Iran
• Milium effusum - eastern + central Canada; northeastern + north-central United States; Eurasia + North Africa from Iceland + Spain to Taiwan + Kamchatka
• Milium pedicellare (Bornm.) Roshev. ex Melderis - Middle East
• Milium schmidtianum - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus
• Milium transcaucasicum - Transcaucasus
• Milium vernale - Eurasia + North Africa from France + Morocco to Kazakhstan; naturalized in Idaho

Formerly includedmany species once included in Milium but now considered better suited to other genera: Achnatherum, Aeluropus, Agrostis, Airopsis, Alloteropsis, Amphicarpum, Aniselytron, Anthaenantia, Antinoria, Apera, Arundinella, Axonopus, Brachiaria, Cynodon, Digitaria, Echinochloa, Eriochloa, Eriocoma, Gastridium, Homolepis, Ichnanthus, Isachne, Luziola, Muhlenbergia, Nassella, Oplismenus, Oryzopsis, Panicum, Paspalum, Pentameris, Piptatherum, Piptochaetium, Poa, Polypogon, Sorghum, Sporobolus, Trachypogon, Tricholaena, Triplachne, Zingeria and Zoysia.

Notes and References

1. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00389.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
2. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Milium Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Milium
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=120719 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 311 粟草属 su cao shu Milium Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 61. 1753.
4. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Milium Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=milium Milium