Sphenopus

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{For|the cnidarian genus|Sphenopus (cnidarian)}}

{{Automatic taxobox

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|taxon = Sphenopus

|authority = Trin.

|type_species = Sphenopus gouanii
(syn of S. divaricatus)[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=443896 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

|type_species_authority = Trin.

}}

Sphenopus (common name coastal grass),[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=sphenopus+divaricatus Altervista Flora Italiana, Nebbia delle saline, Coastal Grass, Sphenopus divaricatus (Gouan) Rchb.] is a genus of Asian and Mediterranean plants in the grass family.Trinius, Carl Bernhard von. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae page 135[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003423 Tropicos, Sphenopus Trin.][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00601.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]

; Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Sphenopus The Plant List search for Sphenopus]

• Sphenopus divaricatus (Gouan) Rchb. - Mediterranean and adjacent regions from Canary Islands and Portugal to Tajikistan
• Sphenopus ehrenbergii Hausskn. - Libya, Tunisia