genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of plants in the
grass family
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
, common in many tropical and subtropical regions.Phipps, J. B. 1967. Studies in the Arundinelleae (Gramineae). V. The series of the genus ''Arundinella''. Canadian Journal of Botany 45(7): 1047–1057.
; SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families /ref>
; formerly included
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Alloteropsis
''Alloteropsis'' (from the Greek ''allotrios'' ("strange") and ''opsis'' ("appearance")) is a genus of Old World plants in the grass family.Danthoniopsis
Dilophotriche
''Dilophotriche'' is a genus of West African plants in the grass family.
; Species
* '' Dilophotriche occidentalis'' Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea
* '' Dilophotriche pobeguinii'' Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Burkina Faso
* '' Dilopho ...