Micropyrum
Drawing of Micropyrum tenellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Micropyrum (Gaudin) Link
Type species
Triticum tenellum L.
Synonyms [1]
Triticum sect. Micropyrum Gaudin Catapodium sect. Micropyrum (Gaudin) Maire & Weiller Festuca sect. Micropyrum (Gaudin) Asch. & Graebn.

Micropyrum is a genus of European and North African plants in the grass family. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Species ^{[5] [6]}

• Micropyrum patens (Brot.) Rothm. ex Pilg. - Spain, Portugal
• Micropyrum tenellum (L.) Link - Spain, Portugal including Madeira, France including Corsica, Italy ( Valle d'Aosta, Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria, Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, Sicily, Sardinia), Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Slovenia, Algeria, Libya, Morocco

formerly included ^[5]

see Castellia Catapodium Vulpia

• Micropyrum mamoraeum - Catapodium mamoraeum
• Micropyrum tenellum f. aristatum - Vulpia unilateralis
• Micropyrum tenellum var. aristatum - Vulpia unilateralis
• Micropyrum tuberculosum - Castellia tuberculosa