Psilurus

Psilurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Psilurus Trin.
Species:	P. incurvus
Binomial name
*Psilurus incurvus* (Gouan) Schinz & Thell.
Type species
Psilurus nardoides Trin.
Synonyms
Asprella Host [1809], illegitimate homonym not Schreb. 1789 nor Willd. 1809 Nardus incurva Gouan Nardus aristata L. Rottboellia monandra Cav. Asprella nardiformis Host Psilurus nardoides Trin. Nardus monandra (Cav.) Raspail Psilurus rottboellioides Griff. Psilurus aristatus (L.) Duval-Jouve Psilurus hirtellus Simonk. Asprella aristata (L.) Kuntze Psilurus incurvus var. hirtellus (Simonk.) Asch. & Graebn. Psilurus aristatus f. hirtellus (Simonk.) Csürös

Psilurus is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.

The only known species is Psilurus incurvus, native to the Mediterranean and southwest Asia from Portugal and Morocco to Pakistan and Uzbekistan. It is also naturalised in parts of Australia.