''Coelorachis'' is a

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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 ...

, widespread across much of

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and the

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. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus ''

Mnesithea ''Mnesithea'', or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Mnesithea annua'' (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia * '' Mnesithea formosa'' (R.Br.) de Koning & ...

'', so the following species can generally be found under that name in those listings. ; SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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/ref> * '' Coelorachis afraurita'' (Stapf) Stapf - tropical Africa * ''

Coelorachis aurita ''Coelorachis'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus ''Mnesithea'', so the following species can generally ...

'' (Steud.) A.Camus - tropical America from

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+ Trinidad to Paraguay * ''

Coelorachis balansae ''Coelorachis'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus ''Mnesithea'', so the following species can generally ...

'' (Hack.) A.Camus - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay * ''

Coelorachis cancellata ''Coelorachis'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus ''Mnesithea'', so the following species can generally ...

'' (Ridl.) Bor - Bangka, Pen Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam * ''

Coelorachis capensis ''Coelorachis'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus ''Mnesithea'', so the following species can generally ...

'' Stapf - Cape Province,

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Coelorachis clarkei ''Coelorachis'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus ''Mnesithea'', so the following species can generally ...

'' (Hack.) Blatt. & McCann - India, Myanmar * '' Coelorachis cylindrica'' (Michx.) Nash - southeastern + south-central USA * ''

Coelorachis geminata ''Coelorachis'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus ''Mnesithea'', so the following species can generally ...

'' (Hack.) Clayton - Pen Malaysia, Thailand,

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* ''

Coelorachis glandulosa ''Coelorachis'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus ''Mnesithea'', so the following species can generally ...

'' (Trin.) Stapf ex Ridl. - Southeast Asia, New Guinea,

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Coelorachis helferi ''Coelorachis'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus ''Mnesithea'', so the following species can g ...

'' (Hook.f.) Henrard - Pen Malaysia, Indochina * '' Coelorachis impressa'' (Griseb.) Nash -

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* '' Coelorachis khasiana'' (Hack.) Stapf ex Bor -

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* '' Coelorachis lepidura'' Stapf - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique * '' Coelorachis parodiana'' Henrard - Paraguay, Argentina * '' Coelorachis ramosa'' (E.Fourn.) Nash - tropical America from

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to southern Brazil * '' Coelorachis rottboellioides'' (R.Br.) A.Camus - Australia, New Guinea, Philippines,

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* '' Coelorachis rugosa'' (Nutt.) Nash - Cuba; USA from Texas to New Jersey * '' Coelorachis selloana'' (Hack.) A.Camus - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay * '' Coelorachis striata'' (Steud.) A.Camus -

, Indochina, eastern Himalayas * '' Coelorachis tessellata'' (Steud.) Nash - USA (

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) * '' Coelorachis tuberculosa'' (Nash) Nash - Cuba; USA (

, Georgia) ; formerly included see ''

Eremochloa ''Eremochloa'' is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family. ; SpeciesPohl, R. W. 1994. 171. ''Eremochloa'' Buse. 6: 397. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma ...

Hemarthria

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Phacelurus ''Phacelurus'' is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Phacelurus cambogiensis'' (Balansa) Clayton - Laos, Cambodia * '' Phacelurus digitatus'' (Sm.) Griseb. - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syr ...

Rhytachne ''Rhytachne'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. They grow principally in wet savannahs in Africa and the Americas. More specifically, they tend to prefer transitional zones between marshes and drier upland savannahs. In the Americas the g ...

Rottboellia ''Rottboellia'' (commonly called itch grass) is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family. The genus was named in honour of Danish botanist Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727-1797). ; Species * ''Rottboellia cochinchin ...

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