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Vossia cuspidata
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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).
Cyperochloeae
Cyperochloeae is a small tribe of grasses in the Panicoideae subfamily, found in Australia. It has only two species in two monotypic genera, Cyperochloa and Spartochloa. Cyperochloeae is sister to the tribe Thysanolaeneae. These two tribes, together with the Centotheceae, Steyermarkochloeae, Tristachyideae, Zeugiteae, and Chasmanthieae, form a monophyletic clade that is sister to the rest of the Panicoideae. They use the C3 photosynthetic pathway.
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Chasmanthium latifolium
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Poecilostachys
Poecilostachys is a genus of African plants in the grass family, several of the species found only in Madagascar.
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Steyermarkochloa
Steyermarkochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Steyermarkochloa angustifolia , which is native to Colombia (Guainía), Venezuela (Amazonas), and Brazil (Amazonas).
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Arundoclaytonia
Arundoclaytonia is a genus of Brazilian plants in the grass family.
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Snowdenia
Snowdenia is a genus of plants in the grass family, they are native to Arabia and East Africa.
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Hygrochloa
Hygrochloa is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.
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Thysanolaena
Thysanolaena is a monotypic genus of the grass family, in the tribe Thysanolaeneae. Its only recognized species is Thysanolaena latifolia (formerly Thysanolaena maxima), native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is also naturalized in Mauritius, Seychelles, Gambia, Tanzania, Hawaii, California, the West Indies and Brazil.
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Holcolemma
Holcolemma is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.
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Mesosetum
Mesosetum is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
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Gynerium
Gynerium is a monotypic genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, native to Mexico and Colombia, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. It is classified in its own tribe Gynerieae.
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Loudetia simplex
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Hylebates
Hylebates is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
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Lasiurus scindicus
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Pseudoraphis spinescens
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Trichopteryx
genus of plants
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Hymenachne amplexicaulis
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Centotheceae
Centotheceae is a small tribe of grasses with six species in two genera, distributed in Africa and Asia. It belongs to a group within the subfamily Panicoideae, sometimes referred to as "centothecoid clade", which consists of the tribes Thysanolaeneae, Cyperochloeae, Centotheceae, Chasmanthieae, Zeugiteae, Tristachyidae, and Steyermarkochloeae; this clade is sister to the remaining groups within Panicoideae. Unlike many other clades in the subfamily Panicoideae, they use the C3 photosynthetic pathway.
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Pohlidium
Pohlidium is a genus of Panamanian plants in the family Poaceae. The only known species is Pohlidium petiolatum, native to Coclé Province in central Panama.
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Spinifex sericeus
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Arundinelleae
Arundinelleae is a tribe of grasses with roughly 90 species in three genera, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. The tribe's sister group are the Andropogoneae, with which they are classified in supertribe Andropogonodae. All species in this tribe use C4 carbon fixation.
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Paractaenum
Paractaenum is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.
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Reynaudia
Reynaudia is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Reynaudia filiformis, native to the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola).
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Acritochaete
Acritochaete is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
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Megastachya
Megastachya is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
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Amphicarpum amphicarpon
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Oxyrhachis
Oxyrhachis is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Oxyrhachis gracillima, native to Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania, Madagascar, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province.
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Zygochloa
Zygochloa is a genus of desert plants in the grass family known only from Australia. The only known species is Zygochloa paradoxa, commonly known as sandhill canegrass. It occurs in extremely arid areas such as the Simpson Desert.
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Jansenella
thumb|Jansenella griffithiana (C. Muell.) Bor, inflorescence. Jansenella is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family.
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Melinis repens
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Streptolophus
Streptolophus is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Streptolophus sagittifolius, found only in Angola.
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Chamaeraphis
Chamaeraphis is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family. The only recognized species is Chamaeraphis hordeacea, found in Queensland and Northern Territory.
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Coelorachis
Coelorachis is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. , its taxonomic status is confused.
Chasmanthieae
Chasmanthieae is a small tribe of grasses in the subfamily Panicoideae. It belongs to a basal lineage within the subfamily and has only seven species in two genera, Bromuniola with one species in Africa and Chasmanthium from North America. They all use the C3 photosynthetic pathway.
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Heteropogon triticeus
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Homopholis belsonii
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Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum
species of plant
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Alloteropsis semialata
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Acroceras macrum
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Uranthoecium
Uranthoecium is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Uranthoecium truncatum, native to Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory, and Western Australia. A common name is flat-stem grass.
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Chevalierella
Chevalierella is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Chevalierella dewildemanii, native to Republic of Congo and to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Spinifex longifolius
species of plant
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Calyptochloa
Calyptochloa is a genus of grass (family Poaceae). It includes three species, which are endemic to Queensland, Australia.
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Dissochondrus
Dissochondrus, or false bristlegrass, is a genus of Hawaiian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Dissochondrus biflorus.
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Thyridolepis mitchelliana
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Ottochloa gracillima
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Anthephora pubescens
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Oplismenopsis
Oplismenopsis is a genus of South American plants in the grass family. The only known species is Oplismenopsis najada, native to southern Brazil, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina.
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Eriochloa contracta
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Spheneria
Spheneria is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Spheneria kegelii, native to Guyana, Suriname, and Brazil (States of Pará, Mato Grosso, + Amazonas).
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Brachiaria nigropedata
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Walwhalleya
Walwhalleya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae, subfamily Panicoideae and the tribe Paniceae. All members use C3 photosynthesis
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Thyridachne
Thyridachne is a genus of plants in the family Poaceae. The only known species is Thyridachne tisserantii, native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic.
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Chlorocalymma
Chlorocalymma is a genus of Tanzanian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Chlorocalymma cryptacanthum, native to the Iringa Region of central Tanzania.
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Entolasia stricta
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Eccoptocarpha
Eccoptocarpha is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Eccoptocarpha obconiciventris, native to Tanzania and northern Zambia.
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Eriochloa polystachya
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Entolasia marginata
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