''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus 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 ...

, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia,

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, plus a few places in

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Eriochloa acuminata ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * '' Eriochloa acuminata'' &nda ...

'' – tapertip cupgrass - Mexico, southern USA (from CA to MD + FL), northern Argentina * ''

Eriochloa aristata ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * '' Eriochloa acuminata'' &nda ...

'' – bearded cupgrass - Mexico, USA ( AZ, CA, MS) * ''

Eriochloa australiensis ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * '' Eriochloa acuminata'' &nda ...

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Eriochloa boliviensis ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' - Bolivia * ''

Eriochloa boxiana ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * '' Eriochloa acuminata'' &nda ...

'' - Mexico, Central America, Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela * ''

Eriochloa contracta ''Eriochloa contracta'' is a species of grass known by the common name prairie cupgrass. It is native to the central United States and it is naturalized in areas to the east and west, where it is often a weed, especially in moist areas. This annu ...

'' – prairie cupgrass - Mexico, USA (from CA to FL to MN), Ontario * ''

Eriochloa crebra ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

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Eriochloa distachya ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' - Central + South America * ''

Eriochloa fatmensis ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * '' Eriochloa acuminata'' &nda ...

'' – tropical cupgrass - sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula * ''

Eriochloa grandiflora ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' - Santa Cruz in

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, Paraguay,

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in Argentina, Minas Gerais in Brazil * ''

Eriochloa lemmonii ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' – canyon cupgrass - USA ( AZ, NM), northern + central Mexico * ''

Eriochloa macclounii ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana * '' Eriochloa meyeriana'' - sub-Saharan Africa,

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, Madagascar, Yemen * '' Eriochloa michauxii'' – long-leaved cupgrass - USA ( AL FL GA SC) * ''

Eriochloa montevidensis ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' - Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador * ''

Eriochloa nana ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &n ...

'' - Argentina (

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, Corrientes,

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Eriochloa nelsonii ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' - Mexico, Central America * ''

Eriochloa pacifica ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' - Peru, Ecuador incl Galápagos * '' Eriochloa parvispiculata'' - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi,

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, Limpopo,

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Eriochloa peruviana ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' - Peru, Ecuador * ''

Eriochloa polystachya ''Eriochloa polystachya'' is a species of grass known by the common name Caribbean cupgrass. It is native to the West Indies, Costa Rica, Honduras, South America, Florida and Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas ...

'' – caribgrass -

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, Central America, West Indies, northern South America * ''

Eriochloa procera ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

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

Eriochloa pseudoacrotricha ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

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* '' Eriochloa punctata'' – Louisiana cupgrass - Central America, West Indies, South America, Mexico, USA ( TX LA GA MD) * ''

Eriochloa rovumensis ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminat ...

'' - Tanzania, Mozambique * ''

Eriochloa sericea ''Eriochloa sericea'' is a species of grass known by the common name Texas cupgrass. It is native to Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas in the United States and to northern Mexico.TX OK KS),

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, Tamaulipas * '' Eriochloa setosa'' - Cuba * ''

Eriochloa stapfiana ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' - Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique,

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Eriochloa stevensii ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminat ...

'' - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru * ''

Eriochloa subulifera ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

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, Madagascar * ''

Eriochloa succincta ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' - southern European Russia, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan * ''

Eriochloa tridentata ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina * ''

Eriochloa villosa ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' – hairy cupgrass - Russia ( Amur, Primorye,

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 ...

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Eriochloa weberbaueri ''Eriochloa'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass. They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. ; Species * ''Eriochloa acuminata'' &ndas ...

'' - Peru, Ecuador ; formerly included see ''

Ancistrachne ''Ancistrachne'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. ; SpeciesBlake, Stanley Thatcher 1941. Papers from the Department of Biology, University of Queensland Papers 1(19): 4-6 * '' Ancistrachne ancylotricha'' (Quisumb. & Merr.) S.T.Blake - ...

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 ''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.Panicum Paspalum

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 ...

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