Milium (plant)

Milium (vernacular name milletgrass) is a genus of Eurasian, North American, and North African plants in the grass family.


 * Species
 * Milium atropatanum Maroofi - Iran
 * Milium effusum L. - eastern + central Canada; northeastern + north-central United States; Eurasia + North Africa from Iceland + Spain to Taiwan + Kamchatka
 * Milium pedicellare (Bornm.) Roshev. ex Melderis - Middle East
 * Milium schmidtianum K.Koch - Turkey, Iran, Caucasus
 * Milium transcaucasicum Tzvelev - Transcaucasus
 * Milium vernale M.Bieb. - Eurasia + North Africa from France + Morocco to Kazakhstan; naturalized in Idaho

many species once included in Milium but now considered better suited to other genera: Achnatherum, Aeluropus, Agrostis, Airopsis, Alloteropsis, Amphicarpum, Aniselytron, Anthaenantia, Antinoria, Apera, Arundinella, Axonopus, Brachiaria, Cynodon, Digitaria, Echinochloa, Eriochloa, Eriocoma, Gastridium, Homolepis, Ichnanthus, Isachne, Luziola, Muhlenbergia, Nassella, Oplismenus, Oryzopsis, Panicum, Paspalum, Pentameris, Piptatherum, Piptochaetium, Poa, Polypogon, Sorghum, Sporobolus, Trachypogon, Tricholaena, Triplachne, Zingeria and Zoysia.
 * Formerly included