狼尾草属牧草种质资源十分丰富,全世界约有130种,多产于非洲。我国狼尾草野生种及野生近缘植物现已发表命名的有12种3变种(包括引进种)。本文根据云南昆明和甘肃兰州两个牧草种质资源圃的引种结果,介绍了9个国产狼尾草野生种、变种的生态分布、特征特性与栽培利用。 Pennisetum forage germplasm resources are very rich, about 130 kinds of the world, prolific in Africa. China Pennisetum wild species and wild relatives have been published named 12 kinds of 3 varieties (including the introduction of species). Based on the introduction results of two forage germplasm resources nurseries in Kunming, Yunnan and Lanzhou in Gansu, this paper introduced the ecological distribution, characteristics, traits and cultivation and utilization of wild species and varieties of Pennisetum in China.