Aeluropus is a genus of Eurasian and African plants in the grass family, found primarily in desert regions.

Species
Aeluropus badghyzii Tzvelev - Turkmenistan
Aeluropus laciniatus Khodash. - Iran
Aeluropus lagopoides (L.) Thwaites - Mediterranean, Sahara, and Asia from Mauritania + Sicily to Kazakhstan + Nicobar Islands
Aeluropus littoralis (Gouan) Parl. - Mediterranean + Asia from Spain + Morocco to China
Aeluropus macrostachyus Hack. - Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Aeluropus pilosus (X.L.Yang) S.L.Chen & X.L.Yang - Xinjiang
formerly included
see Dactylis Odyssea

Aeluropus arabicus - Odyssea mucronata
Aeluropus mucronatus - Odyssea mucronata
Aeluropus pungens (Vahl) Boiss 1884 not K.Koch 1848 - Odyssea mucronata
Aeluropus smithii - Dactylis smithii
^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant families
^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
^ Trinius, Carl Bernhard von 1820. Fundamenta agrostographiae, sive Theoria constuctionis floris graminei; adjecta synopsi generum graminum hucusque cognitorum page 143 description in Latin
^ Trinius, Carl Bernhard von 1820. Fundamenta agrostographiae, sive Theoria constuctionis floris graminei; adjecta synopsi generum graminum hucusque cognitorum plate XII (12) line drawings of Aeluropus laevis (syn of A. lagopoides); captions on page 212
^ The Plant List search for Aeluropus
^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 458 獐毛属 zhang mao shu Aeluropus Trinius, Fund. Agrost. 143. 1820.
^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Aeluropus

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