Milium (vernacular name milletgrass) is a genus of Eurasian, North American, and North African plants in the grass family.Grassbase - The World Online Grass FloraAltervista Flora Italiana, genere MiliumFlora of China Vol. 22 Page 311 粟草属 su cao shu Milium Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 61. 1753. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
Species Source: 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 included
Many 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.
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