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of plants in the

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, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of

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, plus a few places in

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/ref> * '' Eriochloa acuminata'' – tapertip cupgrass - Mexico, southern USA (from CA to MD + FL), northern Argentina * '' Eriochloa aristata'' – bearded cupgrass - Mexico, USA ( AZ, CA, MS) * '' Eriochloa australiensis'' -

* '' Eriochloa boliviensis'' - Bolivia * '' Eriochloa boxiana'' - Mexico, Central America,

Lesser Antilles The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc betwe ...

, Colombia, Venezuela * '' Eriochloa contracta'' – prairie cupgrass - Mexico, USA (from CA to FL to MN),

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

* '' Eriochloa crebra'' -

* '' Eriochloa distachya'' - Central + South America * '' Eriochloa fatmensis'' – tropical cupgrass - sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula * '' Eriochloa grandiflora'' - Santa Cruz in

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Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

Misiones Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes P ...

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

* '' Eriochloa lemmonii'' – canyon cupgrass - USA ( AZ, NM), northern + central Mexico * '' Eriochloa macclounii'' - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana * '' Eriochloa meyeriana'' - sub-Saharan Africa,

Aldabra Aldabra is the world's second-largest coral atoll, lying south-east of the continent of Africa. It is part of the Aldabra Group of islands in the Indian Ocean that are part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, with a distance of 1,120 k ...

, Madagascar,

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

* '' Eriochloa michauxii'' – long-leaved cupgrass - USA ( AL FL GA SC) * '' Eriochloa montevidensis'' - Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador * '' Eriochloa nana'' - Argentina (

Formosa Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is an island country located in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, formerly known in the Western political circles, press and literature as Formosa, makes up 99% of the land area of the territorie ...

Corrientes Corrientes (; Guaraní language, Guaraní: Taragüí, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina, province of Corrientes Province, Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from ...

Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero (, Spanish for ''Saint-James-Upon-The-Lagoon'') is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 252,192 inhabitants, () making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a surf ...

) * '' Eriochloa nelsonii'' - Mexico, Central America * '' Eriochloa pacifica'' - Peru, Ecuador incl Galápagos * '' Eriochloa parvispiculata'' - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi,

Swaziland Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and formerly named Swaziland ( ; officially renamed in 2018), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. It is bordered by Mozambique to its northeast and South Africa to its no ...

Limpopo Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, while the provincial legislature is ...

Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...

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* '' Eriochloa peruviana'' - Peru, Ecuador * '' Eriochloa polystachya'' – caribgrass -

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

, Central America, West Indies, northern South America * '' Eriochloa procera'' -

, New Guinea, southeast Asia, China, Indian Subcontinent, East Africa * '' Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha'' -

* '' Eriochloa punctata'' – Louisiana cupgrass - Central America, West Indies, South America, Mexico, USA ( TX LA GA MD) * '' Eriochloa rovumensis'' - Tanzania, Mozambique * '' Eriochloa sericea'' – Texas cupgrass - USA ( TX OK KS),

Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...

* '' Eriochloa setosa'' - Cuba * '' Eriochloa stapfiana'' - Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique,

* '' Eriochloa stevensii'' - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru * '' Eriochloa subulifera'' -

, Madagascar * '' Eriochloa succincta'' - southern European Russia, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan * '' Eriochloa tridentata'' - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina * '' Eriochloa villosa'' – hairy cupgrass - Russia (

Amur The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, "Black Dragon River", ), is the world's List of longest rivers, tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China, Northeastern China (Inne ...

Primorye Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of the ...

Khabarovsk Khabarovsk ( rus, Хабaровск, a=Хабаровск.ogg, r=Habárovsk, p=xɐˈbarəfsk) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China ...

), China incl Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Japan incl Ryukyu Is * '' Eriochloa weberbaueri'' - Peru, Ecuador ; formerly included see '' Ancistrachne

Axonopus ''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 ...

Brachiaria ''Brachiaria'', or signalgrass, is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, southern Europe, the Americas, and various islands.Isachne

Panicum ''Panicum'' (panicgrass) is a large genus of about 450 species of grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are often large, annual or perennial grasses, growi ...

Paspalum ''Paspalum'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The group is widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Commonly known as paspalum, bahiagrasses, crowngrasses or dallis grasses, many of the species are tall pere ...

Tricholaena ''Tricholaena'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Italian plants in the grass family. ; Species * ''Tricholaena capensis'' (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Nees - Free State, Namibia, Cape Province * ''Tricholaena monachne'' (Trin.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb ...

Urochloa ''Urochloa'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Mexico, and the Pacific Islands.

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