Agropyropsis

{{Short description|Genus of plant in the family Poaceae}}

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|genus = Agropyropsis

|parent_authority = (Batt. & Trab.) A.Camus

|authority = (Balansa ex Coss. & Durieu) A.Camus

|species = lolium

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• Catapodium subg. Agropyropsis Trab. 1904
• Catapodium sect. Agropyropsis Batt. & Trab. 1895
• Agropyron lolium (Balansa) Trab.
• Catapodium lolium (Balansa ex Coss. & Durieu) Hack. (type species)
• Festuca lolium Balansa ex Coss. & Durieu
• Triticum lolium (Balansa ex Coss. & Durieu) Trab.

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Agropyropsis is a monotypic genus of grasses closely related to Catapodium.Valdés, B. & H. Scholz. 2006. The Euro+Med treatment of Gramineae - a generic synopsis and some new names. Willdenowia 36(2): 657–669. It is native to the Batna Province in northeastern Algeria,Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.{{cite web|url=http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/ag_pyrop.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/20110606064340/http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/ag_pyrop.htm |archivedate=2011-06-06 }} and only contains a single species, Agropyropsis lolium.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=389029 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Battandier, Jules Aimé & Trabut, Louis. 1895. Flore d'Alger 233Camus, Aimée Antoinette 1935. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 82: 11 It once included a second species, Agropyropsis gracilis, which has since been renamed and moved to Lolium canariense.