Pholiurus

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Speciesbox

|image = Pholiurus pannonicus sl10.jpg

|image_caption = Pholiurus pannonicus

|display_parents = 5

|genus = Pholiurus

|parent_authority = Host ex Trin.

|species = pannonicus

|authority = (Host) Trin.

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=433915 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40007138 Tropicos, Pholiurus Host ex Trin.]

|synonyms =

• Lepturus sect. Pholiurus (Host ex Trin.) Hack.
• Rottboellia pannonica {{au|Host}}
• Ophiuros pannonicus (Host) P.Beauv.
• Lepturus pannonicus (Host) Kunth
• Rottboellia salina Kit. ex Spreng.
• Rottboellia biflora Roth
• Rottboellia salsa Fisch. ex Roem. & Schult.
• Lepturus incurvatus var. curvatissimus Asch. & Graebn.
• Lepturus incurvatus subsp. curvatissimus (Asch. & Graebn.) Rouy

}}

Pholiurus is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family.[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00481.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora][https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15353863#page/147/mode/1up Host, Nicolaus Thomas in Trinius, Carl Bernhard von 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae, sive Theoria contructionis floris graminei; adjecta synopsi generum graminum hucusque cognitorum page 131-132] The only known species is Pholiurus pannonicus, found in a region stretching from Austria to Kazakhstan.Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.Fedorov, A.A. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Russia. The European part and bordering regions 1: 1-546. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Broekfield.Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae

;formerly included

see Henrardia, Parapholis and Phacelurus.

• Pholiurus filiformis – Parapholis filiformis
• Pholiurus glabriglumis – Henrardia persica
• Pholiurus graecus – Phacelurus digitatus
• Pholiurus incurvatus – Parapholis incurva
• Pholiurus persicus – Henrardia persica
• Pholiurus pubescens – Henrardia pubescens