''Homolepis'' is a genus of Neotropical 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 ...

. They are native to Mexico,

Central Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

and South America, and the West Indies.Longhi-Wagner, H. M. and R. P. de Oliveira. (2002)
New grass records for Bahia State, Brazil.
''Kew Bulletin'' 57(4) 971-77. They are annual or perennial grasses. At least one species has short

rhizome In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...

s and some have

stolon In biology, stolons (from Latin '' stolō'', genitive ''stolōnis'' – "branch"), also known as runners, are horizontal connections between organisms. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton; typically, animal stolons are external s ...

s. They vary in form, growing erect or decumbent, the stems reaching 15 centimeters to 2 meters long. They are mostly unbranched. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped to oblong. The

panicle A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...

is open or narrow with spikelets up to 1.1 centimeters long. These grasses grow in open areas and in shade, often in moist and wet habitat.Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. 1992 onwards
''Homolepis'' Chase.
The Grass Genera of the World. Version 18 December 2012. Molecular phylogeny analysis indicates the genus is

monophyletic In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...

. ; SpeciesGiraldo-Cañas, D. (2011). Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49: 139-247 * ''

Homolepis aturensis ''Homolepis'' is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family. They are native to Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies.Longhi-Wagner, H. M. and R. P. de Oliveira. (2002)New grass records for Bahia State, Brazil.''Kew Bullet ...

'' (Kunth) Chase - Mexico, Central America, Trinidad,

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, Venezuela,

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, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil * ''

Homolepis glutinosa ''Homolepis'' is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family. They are native to Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies.Longhi-Wagner, H. M. and R. P. de Oliveira. (2002)New grass records for Bahia State, Brazil.''Kew Bullet ...

'' (Sw.) Zuloaga & Soderstr. - Mexico, Central America, West Indies,

, Venezuela, Ecuador incl Galápagos, Peru, Brazil,

, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina * ''

Homolepis isocalycia ''Homolepis'' is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family. They are native to Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies.Longhi-Wagner, H. M. and R. P. de Oliveira. (2002)New grass records for Bahia State, Brazil.''Kew Bullet ...

'' (G.Mey.) Chase - Brazil,

, Venezuela,

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, French Guiana, Panamá * ''

Homolepis longispicula ''Homolepis'' is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family. They are native to Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies.Longhi-Wagner, H. M. and R. P. de Oliveira. (2002)New grass records for Bahia State, Brazil.''Kew Bullet ...

'' (Döll) Chase - Brazil ( Minas Gerais, Goiás, D.F.) * '' Homolepis villaricensis'' (Mez) Zuloaga & Soderstr. - Argentina ( Misiones, Corrientes), Brazil ( São Paulo, Paraná), Paraguay

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2280249 Panicoideae Grasses of North America Grasses of South America Flora of Central America Grasses of Brazil Grasses of Mexico Poaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Sigismund Kunth