Poaceae genera

Ammochloa is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, Poaceae.

Streptochaeta is a genus of plants in the grass family. It is the only genus in the tribe Streptochaeteae of the family Poaceae.

Stenotaphrum is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family.

Ehrharta is a genus of plants in the grass family.

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Eremochloa is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family.

Dasypyrum is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family, native to the basins of the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas.

Cladoraphis (common name bristly lovegrass) is a genus of African plants in the grass family, native to southern Africa. Its phylogenetic position within the subfamily has not yet been resolved.

Pogonatherum is a genus of Asian and oceanic island plants in the grass family.

Psathyrostachys is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family.

Axonopus is a genus of plants in the grass family, known generally as carpet grass. They are native primarily to the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas with one species in tropical Africa and another on Easter Island. They are sometimes rhizomatous and many are tolerant of periodic submersion.

Acrachne is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family. Species in the genus are commonly known as goosegrass.

Arctagrostis is a genus of Arctic and Subarctic plants in the grass family, native to colder parts of Europe, Asia, and North America.

thumb | right | Littledalea racemosa Littledalea is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family, native to mountains in China and neighboring countries. The genus is placed in its own tribe Littledaleae within subfamily Pooideae. The isolated tribe seems to be sister to the tribes Bromeae and Triticeae.

thumb|Isachne lisboae Hook. f. thumb|Isachne lisboae Hook. f. Isachne is a widespread genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family, found in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands. They may be known generally as bloodgrasses.

Aciachne is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family.

Ortachne is a genus of Latin American plants in the grass family.

Cleistogenes is a genus of Eurasian flowering plants in the grass family.

genus of plants

Amphipogon, the greybeard grasses, is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.

Centropodia is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.

Leptochloa is a widespread genus of Asian, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.

Piptatherum is a genus of plants in the grass family known as ricegrass.

Sacciolepis is a genus of plants in the grass family. Cupscale grass is a common name for plants in this genus.

Melinis is a genus of African and Arabian plants in the grass family.

Tuctoria is a genus of three species of grass in the family Poaceae. Spiralgrass is a common name for plants in this genus. These are bunchgrass species that are found in vernal pools of central California and Baja California, Mexico. The plants are annuals that germinate under water in the spring and grow submerged for weeks. After the pools dry down, the grasses initiate a new set of foliage that lasts for one to two months until flowering and fruiting are complete.

Piptochaetium, or speargrass, is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America. Piptochaetium is a bunchgrass genus in the tribe Stipeae.

Sehima is a genus of mostly Asian and African plants in the grass family.

Ctenium is a genus of African and American plants in the grass family.

Orcuttia is a genus of grass in the family Poaceae. Plants grow up to tall, usually with many stems emerging from the base of the plant, and forming a tuft. The spikelets (groups of flowers) are several-flowered, with reduced upper florets. The lemma tips have between two and five teeth.

Hypseochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family.

Tricholaena is a genus of Asian, African, and Italian plants in the grass family.

Afrotrichloris is a genus of East African plants in the grass family.

Amphicarpum (common name maidencane) is a genus of North American plants in the grass family, found only in the eastern United States.

Zingeria is a genus of Asian and European plants in the grass family. Their native range covers the Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean regions from Romania to Kazakhstan.

Phacelurus is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family.

Dinebra is a genus of plants native to the world's tropics and the U.S.A.; it belongs to the grass family.

Mibora, or sandgrass, is a genus of European and North African plants in the grass family.

Agenium is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.

Coelachyrum is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.

Enteropogon is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is widespread across many parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various islands.

Lepturus (common name thintail) is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Asia, Africa, Australia, and various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Yakirra is a genus of Burmese and Australian plants in the grass family.

Neyraudia is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.

Oreochloa is a genus of European plants in the grass family.

Puelia is a genus of African grasses, the only genus in the tribe Atractocarpeae (syn. Puelieae). It belongs to the subfamily Puelioideae, one of the early-diverging lineages in the grasses, but used to be considered a bamboo genus.

Elionurus is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and Neotropical plants in the grass family.

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Chionochloa is a genus of tussock grass in the family Poaceae, found primarily in New Zealand with one known species in New Guinea and another on Lord Howe Island (part of Australia). Some of the species are referred to as snowgrass or snow tussock.

Dichanthelium is genus of flowering plants of the grass family, Poaceae. They are known commonly as rosette grasses and panicgrasses.

Microstegium is a genus of African, Asian, and Pacific Island plants in the sorghum tribe within the grass family. Browntop is a common name.

Alloeochaete is a genus of African plants in the grass family.

Cyrtococcum is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.

Sorghastrum is a genus of grasses, native to Africa and the Americas.

Phippsia is a genus of Arctic and alpine plants in the grass family.

Colpodium is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Asia but with a few species on certain mountains in Africa.

Ophiuros is a genus of Asia, Australian, and East African plants in the grass family.

Crinipes is a genus of plants in the Poaceae−grass family native to central Africa.

Tetrapogon is a genus of grasses.