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Setaria
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Panicum maximum
species of plant
Panicoideae
Panicoideae is the second-largest subfamily of the grasses with over 3,500 species, mainly distributed in warm temperate and tropical regions. It comprises some important agricultural crops, including sugarcane, maize (or corn), millet, sorghum, and switchgrass.
Spinifex
genus of plants
Arundinella
thumb|Arundinella leptochloa (Nees ex Steud.) Hook. f. thumb|Arundinella leptochloa (Nees ex Steud.) Hook. f. thumb|Arundinella spicata Dalzell thumb|Arundinella nepalensis Trin. Arundinella is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, common in many tropical and subtropical regions.
Urochloa
Urochloa, commonly known as signalgrass, is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Eurasia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various islands.
Heteropogon contortus
species of plant
Acroceras
Acroceras is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family.
Eriochloa
Eriochloa is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia.
Alloteropsis
Alloteropsis (from the Greek allotrios ("strange") and opsis ("appearance")) is a genus of Old World plants in the grass family.
Andropogoneae
The Andropogoneae, sometimes called the sorghum tribe, are a large tribe of grasses (family Poaceae) with roughly 1,200 species in 90 genera, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. They include such important crops as maize (corn), sugarcane, and sorghum. All species in this tribe use C4 carbon fixation, which makes them competitive under warm, high-light conditions.
Heteropogon
genus of plants
Stenotaphrum
Stenotaphrum is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family.
Stenotaphrum secundatum
species of plant
Chasmanthium
Chasmanthium is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.
Sacciolepis
Sacciolepis is a genus of plants in the grass family. Cupscale grass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Alloeochaete
Alloeochaete is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Amphicarpum
Amphicarpum (common name maidencane) is a genus of North American plants in the grass family, found only in the eastern United States.
Tricholaena
Tricholaena is a genus of Asian, African, and Italian plants in the grass family.
Cyrtococcum
Cyrtococcum is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.
Paniceae
Paniceae is a large tribe of the subfamily Panicoideae in the grasses (Poaceae), the only in the monotypic supertribe Panicodae. It includes roughly 1,500 species in 84 genera, primarily found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Paniceae includes species using either of the C4 and C3 photosynthetic pathways, as well as presumably intermediate species. Most of the millets are members of tribe Paniceae.
Melinis
Melinis is a genus of African and Arabian plants in the grass family.
Yakirra
Yakirra is a genus of Burmese and Australian plants in the grass family.
Orthoclada
Orthoclada is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.
Garnotia
Garnotia is a genus of Asian, Australian, and tropical island plants in the grass family. Several of the species are native to Sri Lanka and southern India.
Pseudoraphis
Pseudoraphis is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family, commonly known as mudgrasses.
Anthephora
Anthephora is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to southwest Asia, Africa, the Americas, and various islands.
Centotheca
Centotheca is a genus of African, Asian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.
Tristachya
Tristachya (common name trident grasses) is a genus of African and Latin American plants in tribe Tristachyideae within the grass family.
Neurachne
Neurachne, commonly called mulga grass, is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.
Loudetia
Loudetia is a genus of African, Arabian, and South American plants in the grass family.
Thuarea
Thuarea is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Pseudechinolaena
Pseudechinolaena is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family, all but one species endemic to Madagascar.
Danthoniopsis
Danthoniopsis is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.
Zeugites
Zeugites is a genus of flowering plants in the family Poaceae. Its species are native to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and South America.
Melinis minutiflora
species of plant
Spinifex littoreus
grass
Thyridolepis
Thyridolepis is a genus of Australian plants in the family Poaceae.
Xerochloa
Xerochloa is a genus of Australian and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.
Anthaenantiopsis
Anthaenantiopsis is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.
Lophatherum
Lophatherum is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family.
Alexfloydia
Alexfloydia is a genus of perennial stoloniferous grasses in the panic grass subfamily of the Poaceae grass family.
Paratheria
Paratheria is a genus of African and Caribbean plants in the grass family.
Lasiacis
Lasiacis (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina.
Whiteochloa
Whiteochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family.
Loudetiopsis
Loudetiopsis is a genus of African and South American plants in the grass family.
Chaetopoa
Chaetopoa is a genus of African plants in the grass family, found only in Tanzania.
Zonotriche
thumb | right | alt=Zonotriche decora | Zonotriche decora Zonotriche is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Setariopsis
Setariopsis is a genus of New World plants in the grass family.
Chaetium
Chaetium is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family.
Vossia cuspidata
species of plant
Paspalidium
thumb|Setaria distans, syn. Paspalidium distans Paspalidium (watercrown grass) is a formerly accepted genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. , Plants of the World Online treated it as a synonym of Setaria.
Urochloa panicoides
species of plant
Dilophotriche
Dilophotriche is a genus of West African plants in the grass family.
Steinchisma
Steinchisma is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to the Americas but a few of them naturalized in Africa.
Scutachne
Scutachne is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae. The only known species is Scutachne dura, it is native to Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola (Haiti + Dominican Republic).
Ottochloa
Ottochloa is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.
Cleistochloa
Cleistochloa is a genus of bunchgrasses in the family Poaceae. It includes three species native to New Guinea and eastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wales).
Entolasia
Entolasia is a genus of African, Australian, and Papuasian plants in the grass family.
Stereochlaena
Stereochlaena is a genus of African plants in the grass family.