- Source: Holcus
Holcus (soft-grass or velvetgrass) is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the oat tribe within the grass family.
Holcus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora lixella.
Species
Holcus annuus - Mediterranean and nearby areas from Portugal + Morocco to Caucasus
Holcus azoricus - Azores - possibly a hybrid of H. lanatus and H. rigidus
Holcus caespitosus - Sierra Nevada in southern Spain
Holcus gayanus - Spain, Portugal
Holcus grandiflorus - Spain
Holcus × hybridus - France, Germany, British Isles -- H. lanatus × H. mollis
Holcus lanatus - Europe, Mediterranean + nearby areas from Iceland to Canary Isles to Caucasus; naturalized in North + South America, Australia, New Zealand, East Asia, various islands
Holcus mollis - Algeria, Tunisia, most of Europe; naturalized in Australia, new Zealand, scattered locales in North America
Holcus notarisii - Macedonia, Italy
Holcus rigidus - Azores
Holcus setiger - Cape Prov of South Africa
formerly included
Several species now regarded as better suited to other genera; Andropogon Arrhenatherum Arundinella Bothriochloa Capillipedium Centotheca Chasmanthium Chrysopogon Deschampsia Heteropogon Hierochloe Pennisetum Pentameris Pseudoraphis Rostraria Sorghum Sporobolus Ventenata