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Craspedorhachis
Craspedorhachis is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Melanocenchris
Melanocenchris is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.
Oropetium
Oropetium is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.
Aeluropus lagopoides
species of plant
Dasyochloa
Dasyochloa is a monotypic genus containing the single species Dasyochloa pulchella (formerly Erioneuron pulchellum), also known as desert fluff-grass or low woollygrass. It is a densely tufted perennial grass found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Sohnsia
Sohnsia is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Sohnsia filifolia, native to the States of San Luis Potosí and Querétaro in northeastern Mexico. It is dioecious, with its chromosome number being 2n = 20.
Dignathia
Dignathia is a genus of African and Asian plants in the grass family.
Tridens
genus of plants
Heterachne
Heterachne is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.
Trichoneura
genus of plants
Harpochloa
Harpochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family, common name caterpillar grass.
Ectrosia
Ectrosia is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.
Neostapfiella
Neostapfiella is a genus of Madagascan plants in the grass family.
Halopyrum
Halopyrum is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Halopyrum mucronatum, native to the Indian subcontinent, Iran, the Arabian Peninsula, Socotra, Madagascar, and eastern + northeastern Africa (from Egypt to Mozambique).
Cleistogenes serotina
species of plant
Neostapfia
Neostapfia is a genus of endemic Californian bunchgrasses, in the subfamily Chloridoideae of the grass family, Poaceae. The only known species is Neostapfia colusana, with the common name Colusa grass.
Astrebla pectinata
species of grass
Entoplocamia
Entoplocamia is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Entoplocamia aristulata, native to Angola and Namibia.
Blepharidachne kingii
species of plant
Ctenium aromaticum
species of plant
Astrebla elymoides
species of grass
Pappophorum bicolor
species of plant
Allolepis
Allolepis is a genus of North American plants in the grass family. The only known species is Allolepis texana (Texas false saltgrass).
Hilaria jamesii
species of plant
Astrebla lappacea
species of grass
Kaokochloa
Kaokochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Urochondra
Urochondra is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Urochondra setulosa, native to northeastern Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Sudan, Somalia, Socotra) and southwestern Asia (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, northwestern India, and Sindh Province in Pakistan). The species grows in coastal sand dunes, salt marshes and estuaries.
Tetrachne
Tetrachne is a monotypic genus of grass in the family Poaceae. The sole species is Tetrachne dregei, known by the common name robies cocksfoot. It is native to South Africa.
Diplachne
Diplachne is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread over much of the world.
Lepturopetium
Lepturopetium is a genus of Pacific Island plants in the grass family.
Cottea
Cottea is a genus of plants in the grass family native to North and South America. There is only one known species, Cottea pappophoroides, native to the southwestern United States (southern Arizona, southern New Mexico, western Texas), Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. (The name Cottea sarmentosa was coined in 1854 for a species now known as Enneapogon desvauxii.)
Lophacme
Lophacme is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Cynodon plectostachyus
species of plant
Schmidtia pappophoroides
species of perennial grass in the genus Schmidtia
Swallenia
Swallenia is a rare monotypic genus of plants in the grass family, found only in Death Valley National Park, California.
Ctenium elegans
species of plant
Leptothrium
Leptothrium is a genus of African, Asian, and Neotropical plants in the grass family.
Diplachne fusca
species of plant
Vaseyochloa
Vaseyochloa is a monotypic genus in the grass family Poaceae. Its sole species, the flowering plant Vaseyochloa multinervosa, is endemic to Texas. It is commonly known as Texasgrass.
Psilolemma
Psilolemma is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Psilolemma jaegeri, native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Tridens texanus
species of plant
Pogononeura
Pogononeura is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Pogononeura biflora, native to Uganda and Tanzania.
Neyraudia reynaudiana
species of plant
Apochiton
genus of plants
Viguierella
Viguierella is a genus of Madagascan plants in the grass family. The only known species is Viguierella madagascariensis.
Astrebla squarrosa
species of grass
Centropodia glauca
species of plant
Pogonarthria squarrosa
species of plant
Erioneuron pilosum
species of plant
Hilaria mutica
species of plant
Munroa squarrosa
species of plant
Silentvalleya
Silentvalleya is a genus of Indian plants in the grass family.
Hilaria rigida
species of plant
Enneapogon nigricans
species of plant
Tridens muticus
species of plant
Tridens strictus
species of plant
Kampochloa
Kampochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Kampochloa brachyphylla, native to Zambia and Angola.
Nematopoa
Nematopoa is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Nematopoa longipes, native to Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Tridens flavus
species of plant
Perotis rara
species of plant