Agenium

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Agenium villosum.jpg

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|image_caption = Agenium villosum

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|taxon = Agenium

|authority = NeesNees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel 1836. Natural System of Botany 447

|type_species = Agenium nutans
(syn of A. villosum)

|type_species_authority = Nees

}}

Agenium is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.{{cite web|url=http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/agenium.htm |title=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 |accessdate=2009-08-19 |author=Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. |date=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014003215/http://www.delta-intkey.com/grass/www/agenium.htm |archivedate=2008-10-14 }}Clayton, W. D. 1972. Studies in the Gramineae: XXIX. Kew Bulletin 27(3): 447–450[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00011.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]

; Species[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451047 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Longhi-Wagner, H. M., V. Bittich, M. das G. L. Wanderley & G. J. Shepherd. 2001. Poaceae. 1: 1–292. In M. G. L. Wanderly, G. J. Shepherd & A. M. Giulietti (eds.) Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo. Editora Hucitec, São PauloRenvoize, S. A. 1988. Hatschbach's Paraná Grass. 1–76. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

• Agenium leptocladum (Hack.) Clayton - Brazil (São Paulo, Santa Catarina, D.F., Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Paraná), Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes), Paraguay, Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
• Agenium majus Pilg. - Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul), Paraguay
• Agenium villosum (Nees) Pilg. - Brazil, Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina