Corynephorus

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Silbergras2.jpg

|image_caption = Corynephorus canescens

|display_parents = 4

|taxon = Corynephorus

|authority = P.Beauv., 1812

|type_species = Aira canescens

|type_species_authority = L.

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms =

• Anachortus V.Jirásek & Chrtek
• Weingaertneria Bernh.

}}

Corynephorus is a genus of European, North African, and Middle Eastern plants in the grass family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394169#page/174/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie page 90] in Latin[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394169#page/303/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XVIII (18), figure II (2)] line drawings of Corynephorus canescens; [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394169#page/278/mode/1up figure captions in French on caption page 12]{{Cite web |url=http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00151.htm |title=Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora |access-date=2009-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904050808/http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00151.htm |archive-date=2009-09-04 |url-status=dead }}[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Corynephorus Altervisa Flora Italiana, genere Corynephorus]