Acrospelion
Genus of Poaceae plants
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Acrospelion is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae,[2] native to central Europe and the Balkans.
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| Botanical illustration of Acrospelion distichophyllum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Poodae |
| Tribe: | Poeae |
| Subtribe: | Aveninae |
| Genus: | Acrospelion Besser (1827)[1] |
Species
Two species are accepted:[3]
- Acrospelion distichophyllum (Vill.) Barberá – France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania
- Acrospelion glaciale (Bory) Barberá, Soreng & Quintanar – Spain
Taxonomy
It was first described by Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser in 1827.[4]