Lasiurus scindicus

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

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| genus = Lasiurus (plant)

| parent_authority = Boiss.

| species = scindicus

| authority = Henrard

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| synonyms =

• Saccharum hirsutum Forssk.
• Triticum aegilopoides Forssk.
• Rottboellia hirsuta Vahl
• Tripsacum hirsutum (Vahl) Raspail
• Coelorachis hirsuta Brongn.
• Ischaemum mastrucatum Trin.
• Tripsacum aegilopoides (Forssk.) Kunth
• Ischaemum hirsutum Nees ex Steud.
• Lasiurus hirsutus Boiss.
• Elionurus hirsutus (Vahl) Munro ex Benth.
• Manisuris hirsuta Kuntze
• Lasiurus ecaudatus Satyanar. & Shank.
• Lasiurus hirsutus subsp. arabicus Chrtek

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Lasiurus is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family, Poaceae,{{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:18353-1|title= Lasiurus Boiss.|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= August 26, 2020}} found primarily in arid regions.Boissier, Pierre Edmond 1859. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 4: 145–146[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00331.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora] The only known species is Lasiurus scindicus, native to drier regions of northern Africa and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Mali to India.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=422053 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1993). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 2(2): 433-968. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A Handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.{{Excessive citations inline|date=May 2024}}

;formerly included

see Loxodera

• Lasiurus epectinatus – Loxodera caespitosa
• Lasiurus maitlandii – Loxodera ledermannii