''Elionurus elegans'' is a species of plants in the family

Poaceae 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 an ...

. It is found in Nigeria, Senegal and Burkina Faso. It is used as a fodder plant. Its essential oils from the aerial parts contain the terpenic compounds campherenone (43.0%), caryophyllene oxide (4.9%) and bisabolone (4.9%) whereas root essential oils contain campherenone (39.0%), epi-beta- santalene (12.0%) and caryophyllene oxide (4.6%).Composition and some biological activities of the essential oils from an African pasture grass: Elionurus elegans Kunth. Mevy JP, Bessiere JM, Dherbomez M ANDViano J., J Agric Food Chem., 2002 Jul 17, 50(15), pages 4240-4243

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''Elionurus elegans''
at Tropicos Panicoideae Plants described in 1830 {{Panicoideae-stub