''Agropyropsis'' is a monotypic

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grasses Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...

closely related to ''

Catapodium ''Catapodium'' is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the Poaceae, grass family. Species list The genus comprises the following species: * ''Catapodium demnatense'' (Murb.) Maire & Weiller - Morocco * ''Catapodium mamoraeum'' (Mair ...

''. It is native to the

Batna Province Batna Province (, Latn, ar, Wilāyat Bātnah) is a provinces of Algeria, province of Algeria, in the region of Aurès. The capital is Batna (city), Batna. Localities in this province include N'Gaous, Merouana and Timgad. Belezma National Park i ...

in northeastern

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

, and only contains a single species, ''Agropyropsis lolium''.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Camus, Aimée Antoinette 1935. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 82: 11 It once included a second species, ''Agropyropsis gracilis'', which has since been renamed and moved to '' Lolium canariense''.

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Pooideae Endemic flora of Algeria Grasses of Africa Monotypic Poaceae genera Taxa named by Benjamin Balansa Taxa named by Ernest Cosson Taxa named by Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve Taxa named by Aimée Antoinette Camus {{Pooideae-stub