Heteranthelium

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Speciesbox

| image =Elymus spp Sturm56.jpg

| display_parents = 4

| genus = Heteranthelium

| parent_authority = Hochst. ex Jaub. & Spach

| species = piliferum

| authority = (Sol.) Hochst. ex Jaub. & Spach

| synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=418675 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

| synonyms =

• Elymus pilifer Sol.
• Agropyron piliferum (Sol.) Benth. ex Aitch.
• Triticum olgae Regel
• Eremopyrum olgae (Regel) P.Candargy
• Heteranthelium aleppicum Gand.
• Heteranthelium assyriacum Gand.
• Heteranthelium hermoneum Gand.

}}

Heteranthelium is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family.Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1843. Illustrationes Plantarum Orientalium 4:24[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00282.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi. Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul.Frederiksen, S. 1993. Taxonomic studies in some annual genera of the Triticeae (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 13: 481–493. The only known species is Heteranthelium piliferum, native to Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Middle East, Turkey, and the Caucasus.