Micropyrum

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Micropyrum
Black and white drawing of Micropyrum tenellum. a wheat/grass-like plant, it is long and thin with thin sharp leaves and with bushels of seeds at the top
Drawing of Micropyrum tenellum
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Micropyrum

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Type species
Triticum tenellum
Synonyms[1]
  • Triticum sect. Micropyrum Gaudin
  • Catapodium sect. Micropyrum (Gaudin) Maire & Weiller
  • Festuca sect. Micropyrum (Gaudin) Asch. & Graebn.

Micropyrum is a genus of European and North African plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]

Species[5][6]
formerly included[5]

see Castellia Catapodium Vulpia

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