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 ...
is the largest group of
flowering plants
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
present on the island of
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...
. With 258 species, it represents 9% of all
Angiosperms
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
and 33% of all Monocots.
The following is a list of grass species known to exist in Puerto Rico, separated by
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Agrostis
''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass.
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Agrostis hyemalis
''Agrostis'' (bent or bentgrass) is a large and very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, found in nearly all the countries in the world. It has been bred as a GMO creeping bent grass.
Species
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Andropogon
''Andropogon'' ( common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as southern Europe and various oceanic islands.
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Andropogon bicornis
''Andropogon'' (common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as southern Europe and various oceanic islands.
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Andropogon leucostachyus
''Andropogon leucostachyus'' is a species of grass 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, bam ...
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Andropogon virginicus
''Andropogon virginicus'' is a species of grass known by several common names, including broomsedge bluestem, yellowsedge bluestem and (in Australia, because it was introduced to that country after being used as packaging for bottles of American ...
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Anthephora
''Anthephora'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to southwest Asia, Africa, the Americas, and various islands.
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* '' Anthephora ampullacea'' - Guinea, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola
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Aristida adscensionis
''Aristida adscensionis'' is a species of grass known by the common name sixweeks threeawn. It is native to the Americas but it is distributed nearly worldwide. It grows easily in disturbed and waste areas and has potential to become a weed.
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Arthraxon
''Arthraxon'', commonly known as carpetgrass, is a genus of Asian, African and Australian plants in the grass family, Poaceae, containing the following species:
* '' Arthraxon antsirabensis'' – Madagascar
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Arthraxon castratus
''Arthraxon'', commonly known as carpetgrass, is a genus of Asian, African and Australian plants in the grass family, Poaceae, containing the following species:
* ''Arthraxon antsirabensis'' – Madagascar
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Arthrostylidium
''Arthrostylidium'' is a Neotropical genus of climbing bamboo in the grass family. the species are native to Central America, the West Indies, northern South America, and southern Mexico.
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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 ...
Axonopus compressus
''Axonopus compressus'' (syn. ''Axonopus compressus'' (Sw.) P.Beauv. var. ''australis'' G.A.Black, ''Milium compressum'' Sw., ''Paspalum compressum'' (Sw.) Nees, ''Paspalum platycaule'' Willd. ex Steud., ''Paspalum platycaulon'' Poir.) is a speci ...
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Axonopus fissifolius
''Axonopus fissifolius'' is a grass species which is often used as permanent pasture
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Bambusa multiplex
''Bambusa multiplex'' is a species of bamboo native to China (provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and northern Indochina. It is also naturalized in Japan, Iraq, Madag ...
Bothriochloa
''Bothriochloa'' is a common and widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands. They are often called beardgrass, bluegrass or bluestem.
The etymology of the genus name ''Bo ...
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Bothriochloa ischaemum
''Bothriochloa ischaemum'' is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae, found throughout much of the world. It is commonly known as yellow bluestem. Two varieties are recognized, of which ''Bothriochloa ischaemum'' var. ''ischaemum'' i ...
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Bothriochloa pertusa
''Bothriochloa pertusa'' is a species of grass. It is widely used as a fodder and a graze for livestock.
Common names for the plant include hurricane grass, Indian couch grass, Indian-bluegrass, pitted bluestem, Seymour grass, Barbados sourgra ...
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Bothriochloa saccharoides
''Bothriochloa saccharoides'' is a species of grass known by the common name silver bluestem. It is native to the Americas, including Mexico, the Caribbean, and parts of Central and South America.
This perennial bunchgrass grows to 2 to 3 feet i ...
Bouteloua americana
''Bouteloua'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass.
Taxonomy and systematics
The genus was named for Claudio and Esteban Boutelou, 19th-century Spanish botanists. David Griffiths ...
Bouteloua repens
''Bouteloua repens'', colloquially known as slender grama, is a grass species in the grama genus native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Description
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Brachyelytrum
''Brachyelytrum'' is a genus of North American and East Asian plants in the grass family, classified in its own tribe Brachyelytreae.
Molecular phylogenetic study has indicated that ''Brachyelytrum'' is the earliest diverging lineage in the ...
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Brachyelytrum erectum
''Brachyelytrum erectum'', known as the southern shorthusk or the southern long-awned woodgrass, is a perennial grass native to North America. Its specific epithet "''erectum''" refers to the erect culms of the grass. Its diploid number is 22.
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Cenchrus
''Cenchrus'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.
Common names include buffelgrasses, sandburs, and sand spur “sti ...
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Cenchrus brownii
''Cenchrus'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.
Common names include buffelgrasses, sandburs, and sand spur “s ...
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Cenchrus echinatus
''Cenchrus echinatus'' is a species of grass known by the common names southern sandbur, spiny sandbur, southern sandspur, and in Australia, Mossman River grass.Cenchrus gracillimus
''Cenchrus'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.
Common names include buffelgrasses, sandburs, and sand spur “s ...
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Cenchrus myosuroides
''Cenchrus'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.
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Cenchrus spinifex
''Cenchrus spinifex'', known commonly as the common sandbur, coastal sandbur, or stickerweed, is a perennial grass that grows from high in sandy or gravelly terrain. It is native to the southern United States southward into Mexico and the Carib ...
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Chloris
In Greek mythology, the name Chloris (; Greek Χλωρίς ''Chlōrís'', from χλωρός ''chlōrós'', meaning "greenish-yellow", "pale green", "pale", "pallid", or "fresh") appears in a variety of contexts. Some clearly refer to different char ...
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Chloris barbata
''Chloris barbata'' (syn. ''Chloris inflata''), the swollen fingergrass or purpletop chloris, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae. It is native to drier parts of the Old World tropics and sub-tropics, and it ha ...
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Chloris ciliata
In Greek mythology, the name Chloris (; Greek Χλωρίς ''Chlōrís'', from χλωρός ''chlōrós'', meaning "greenish-yellow", "pale green", "pale", "pallid", or "fresh") appears in a variety of contexts. Some clearly refer to different char ...
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Chloris cubensis
''Chloris cubensis'' is a species of grass native to the islands of the Caribbean.Catasús Guerra, Luis Joaquín. Fontqueria 44: 145. 1996. It has been collected in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbados
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Chloris elata
''Chloris elata'' is a species of grass known by the common name tall windmill grass.
It is native to:
*North America, in the U.S. state of Florida (within southern Florida)
*Islands of the Caribbean, on Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua), Cuba, His ...
Chusquea
''Chusquea'' is a genus of evergreen bamboos in the grass family. Most of them are native to mountain habitats in Latin America, from Mexico to southern Chile and Argentina.
They are sometimes referred to as South American mountain bamboos. Unl ...
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Chusquea abietifolia
''Chusquea'' is a genus of evergreen bamboos in the grass family. Most of them are native to mountain habitats in Latin America, from Mexico to southern Chile and Argentina.
They are sometimes referred to as South American mountain bamboos. Unl ...
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Coix
''Coix'' is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family.
The best-known species is '' Coix lacryma-jobi,'' widely called Job's tears. Its variety ''Coix lacryma-jobi'' var. ''ma-yuen'' is cultivated in many warm regions as a s ...
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Coix lacryma-jobi
Job's tears (''Coix lacryma-jobi)'', also known as Adlay or Adlay millet, is a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant of the family Poaceae (grass family). It is native to Southeast Asia and introduced to Northern China and India in remote ...
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Cymbopogon
''Cymbopogon'', also known as lemongrass, barbed wire grass, silky heads, Cochin grass, Malabar grass, oily heads, citronella grass or fever grass, is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and tropical island plants in the grass family.
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Cymbopogon citratus
''Cymbopogon citratus'', commonly known as West Indian lemon grass or simply lemon grass, is a tropical plant native to Maritime Southeast Asia and introduced to many tropical regions.
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Cymbopogon nardus
''Cymbopogon nardus'', common name citronella grass, is a species of perennial aromatic plant from the family Poaceae, originating in tropical Asia. It is the source of an essential oil known as citronella oil, which is widely used for its natu ...
Cynodon nlemfuensis
''Cynodon nlemfuensis'', the African Bermuda-grass, is a species of grass, genus ''Cynodon'', family Poaceae.
It is native to Tropical Africa except West Africa, and widely introduced as a forage
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Dactylis
''Dactylis'' is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the bluegrass subfamily within the grass family. ''Dactylis'' is native to North Africa, they are found throughout the world, and are an invasive species. They are known in Englis ...
Dactyloctenium
''Dactyloctenium'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family. There are about 13 species in the genus in the world, in which 3 are known to occur in India. A common name for the plants is crowfoot grasses.
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Dactyloctenium aegyptium
''Dactyloctenium aegyptium'', or Egyptian crowfoot grass is a member of the family Poaceae native in Africa. The plant mostly grows in heavy soils at damp sites.
Description
This grass creeps and has a straight shoot which are usually about 3 ...
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Dichanthelium
''Dichanthelium'' is genus of flowering plants of the grass family, Poaceae. They are known commonly as rosette grasses and panicgrasses.Dichanthelium aciculare
''Dichanthelium'' is genus of flowering plants of the grass family, Poaceae. They are known commonly as rosette grasses and panicgrasses.Dichanthelium acuminatum
''Dichanthelium acuminatum'', the tapered rosette grass, is a species of grass from the genus ''Dichanthelium
''Dichanthelium'' is genus of flowering plants of the grass family, Poaceae. They are known commonly as rosette grasses and panicgra ...
Dichanthelium scoparium
''Dichanthelium scoparium'' is a species of grass known by the common names velvet panicum, velvety panicgrass, and broom panicgrass. It is native to North America, where it occurs in the southeastern United States. It also occurs in the West Ind ...
Dichanthium
''Dichanthium'', known commonly as bluestem or bluegrass, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.
Some species have become naturalized in the Americas
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Dichanthium annulatum
''Dichanthium annulatum'' is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is commonly used as a forage for livestock.
Common names include marvel grass, Diaz bluestem, Kleberg bluestem, Hindi grass, ringed dichanthium, sheda grass, medio blueste ...
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Dichanthium aristatum
''Dichanthium aristatum'' is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is commonly used as a forage
Forage is a plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock. Historically, the term ''forage'' has meant only pl ...
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Diectomis
''Diectomis'' is a genus of tropical plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Diectomis fastigiata'', widespread across tropical parts of Africa, Asia, and the Americas
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Diectomis fastigiata
''Diectomis'' is a genus of tropical plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Diectomis fastigiata'', widespread across tropical parts of Africa, Asia, and the Americas
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Echinochloa
''Echinochloa'' is a very widespread genus of plants in the grass family and tribe Paniceae. Some of the species are known by the common names barnyard grass or cockspur grass.
Some of the species within this genus are millets that are grown a ...
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Echinochloa colona
''Echinochloa colona'', commonly known as jungle rice, deccan grass, or awnless barnyard grass, is a type of wild grass originating from tropical Asia. It was formerly classified as a species of ''Panicum''. It is the wild ancestor of the culti ...
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Echinochloa crus-galli
''Echinochloa crus-galli'' is a type of wild grass originating from tropical Asia that was formerly classified as a type of panicum grass. It is commonly known as cockspur (or cockspur grass), barnyard millet, Japanese millet, water grass, common ...
Echinochloa polystachya
''Echinochloa polystachya'', the German grass, is a species of grass (family Poaceae), native to the New World Tropics and Subtropics, from Texas and Florida down to Argentina. It is an aquatic or semi-aquatic perennial that can grow in water as ...
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Echinochloa stagnina
''Echinochloa stagnina'' (Burgu millet, bourgou, hippo grass) is a species of ''Echinochloa'' widespread in tropical Africa and Asia, with an invasive status in many Pacific islands. It was once one of the major grasses cultivated in the Inner N ...
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Eleusine
''Eleusine'' is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family,Eleusine indica
''Eleusine indica'', the Indian goosegrass, yard-grass, goosegrass, wiregrass, or crowfootgrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a small annual grass distributed throughout the warmer areas of the world to about 50 degrees lat ...
Eragrostis amabilis
''Eragrostis amabilis'' is a bunchgrass, in the subfamily Chloridoideae of Poaceae, native to Africa and southern Asia. Synonymy includes: ''Eragrostis tenella'' Benth., ''Eragrostis elegans'' Nees, and ''Eragrostis interrupta'' Lam. Döll.
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Eragrostis ciliaris
''Eragrostis ciliaris'', the gophertail lovegrass, is a species of grass (family Poaceae). It is native to the Old World Tropics; nearly all of Africa, Madagascar, other Indian Ocean islands, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, Myanma ...
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Eragrostis curvula
''Eragrostis curvula'' is a species of grass known by the common name weeping lovegrass. Other common names include Boer lovegrass, curved lovegrass, Catalina lovegrass, and African lovegrass.
It is native to southern Africa. It is an introduce ...
Eragrostis pectinacea
''Eragrostis pectinacea'' is a species of Poaceae, grass known by the common name tufted lovegrass. This plant is native to the Americas from Canada to Argentina. It is widespread, growing in most open spaces at varying elevations and habitats, i ...
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 ...
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Eremochloa ophiuroides
''Eremochloa ophiuroides'', or centipedegrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. Used as a warm season lawn grass, it forms thick sods and spreads by stolons. It is medium to light green in color and has a coarse texture with short upr ...
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
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Eriochrysis
''Eriochrysis'' is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.
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* ''Eriochrysis brachypogon'' (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Eswatini
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Eriochrysis cayennensis
''Eriochrysis'' is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.
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* ''Eriochrysis brachypogon'' (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Eswatini
* ''Eriochrysis cayennensis'' P.Beauv. - tropical Ame ...
Euclasta condylotricha
''Euclasta'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to:
* ''Euclasta'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Crambidae
* ''Euclasta'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Poaceae
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Eustachys
''Eustachys'' (fan grass or fingergrass) is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the Poaceae, grass family. It is native primarily to warmer parts of the Americas, with a few species in Africa and Asia.
Species
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Eustachys petraea
''Eustachys'' (fan grass or fingergrass) is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the Poaceae, grass family. It is native primarily to warmer parts of the Americas, with a few species in Africa and Asia.
Species
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Gymnopogon
''Gymnopogon'' (skeletongrass) is a genus of American and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.
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* '' Gymnopogon ambiguus'' (Michx.) Britton, Stern & Poggenb. - southeastern + south-central United States ( NM to NJ); Hispaniola
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Gynerium
''Gynerium'' is a monotypic genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, native to Mexico and Colombia, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. It is classified in its own tribe Gynerieae.
The sole species in the genus is ''G ...
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Gynerium sagittatum
''Gynerium'' is a monotypic genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, native to Mexico and Colombia, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. It is classified in its own tribe Gynerieae.
The sole species in the genus is ''Gyn ...
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Hackelochloa
''Hackelochloa'' is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.
The genus was named after Eduard Hackel, an Austrian botanist, by Otto Kuntze, in 1891.
Species
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Hackelochloa granularis
''Hackelochloa granularis'', the pitscale grass, is a species of grass native to sub-Saharan Africa and temperate and tropical regions of Asia. It is naturalised to the southern United States, Mexico and South America.
Characteristics
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Holcus
''Holcus'' (soft-grass or velvetgrass) is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the oat tribe within the grass family.
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Holcus lanatus
''Holcus lanatus'' is a perennial grass. The specific epithet ' is Latin for 'woolly' which describes the plant's hairy texture. Common names include Yorkshire fog, tufted grass, and meadow soft grass. In North America, where it is an invasive ...
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Homolepis
''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 ...
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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 ...
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Hymenachne
''Hymenachne'' is a genus of widespread wetlands plants that is in the grass family. They may be known commonly as marsh grasses. They are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific Islands.Clarkson, J. ...
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Hymenachne amplexicaulis
''Hymenachne amplexicaulis'', also known as West Indian marsh grass in the US, Olive hymenachne in Australia, and hereafter referred to as hymenachne, is New World species in the genus ''Hymenachne
''Hymenachne'' is a genus of widespread wetla ...
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Hyparrhenia
''Hyparrhenia'' is a genus of grasses. Many species are known commonly as thatching grass.
They are mostly native to tropical Africa; some can be found in warmer areas in temperate Eurasia, Australia, and Latin America. These are annual and pere ...
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Hyparrhenia rufa
''Hyparrhenia rufa'' is a species of grass known by the common names jaraguá,''Hy ...
Ichnanthus
''Ichnanthus'', commonly called bedgrass, is a genus of tropical plants in the grass family, widespread in Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.Longhi-Wagner, H. M., V. Bittich, M. das G. L. Wanderley & G. J. Shepherd. 2001. Poaceae. 1: 1 ...
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Ichnanthus nemorosus
''Ichnanthus'', commonly called bedgrass, is a genus of tropical plants in the grass family, widespread in Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.Longhi-Wagner, H. M., V. Bittich, M. das G. L. Wanderley & G. J. Shepherd. 2001. Poaceae. 1: 1– ...
Imperata
''Imperata'' is a small but widespread genus of tropical and subtropical grasses, commonly known as satintails.
Satintail grass species are perennial rhizomatous herbs with solid, erect stems and silky inflorescences. The best known species is ...
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.Isachne angustifolia
''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.Lasiacis
''Lasiacis'' (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the Poaceae, grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina.
Species
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Leersia
''Leersia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses.
The genus is widespread across many countries on all the inhabited continents.
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Leersia hexandra
''Leersia hexandra'' is a species of grass known by the common names southern cutgrass, clubhead cutgrass, and swamp rice grass.
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Leersia monandra
''Leersia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses.
The genus is widespread across many countries on all the inhabited continents.
It was named for the German botanist Johann Daniel Leers ...
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Leptochloa
''Leptochloa'' is a widespread genus of Asian, African, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.
Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.
The generic name is derived from the Greek words ληπτος (''leptos''), me ...
Leptochloa nealleyi
''Leptochloa'' is a widespread genus of Asian, African, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.
Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.
The generic name is derived from the Greek words ληπτος (''leptos''), me ...
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Leptochloa panicea
''Leptochloa'' is a widespread genus of Asian, African, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.
Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.
The generic name is derived from the Greek words ληπτος (''leptos''), me ...
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Leptochloa panicoides
''Leptochloa'' is a widespread genus of Asian, African, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.
Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.
The generic name is derived from the Greek words ληπτος (''leptos''), me ...
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Leptochloa scabra
''Leptochloa'' is a widespread genus of Asian, African, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.
Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.
The generic name is derived from the Greek words ληπτος (''leptos''), me ...
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Leptochloa virgata
''Leptochloa'' is a widespread genus of Asian, African, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.
Members of the genus are commonly known as sprangletops.
The generic name is derived from the Greek words ληπτος (''leptos''), m ...
Leptocoryphium lanatum
''Anthaenantia '' is a New World genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America including the West Indies. The genus name is sometimes spelled ''Anthenanthia'' or ''Anthenantia''.
Species
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Lolium
''Lolium'' is a genus of tufted grasses in the bluegrass subfamily (Pooideae). It is often called ryegrass, but this term is sometimes used to refer to grasses in other genera.
They are characterized by bunch-like growth habits. ''Lolium'' is ...
Melinis minutiflora
''Melinis minutiflora'', commonly known as molasses grass, is a species of grass.
It is a perennial grass native to Africa, where it occurs in disjunct populations (an arc from central Angola to Cameroon in western central africa, the areas arou ...
Microstegium
''Microstegium'' is a genus of African, Asian, and Pacific Island plants in the sorghum tribe within the grass family. Browntop is a common name.
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Muhlenbergia
''Muhlenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family.
The genus is named in honor of the German-American amateur botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815). Many of the species are known by the common name muhly.
The greatest ...
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Muhlenbergia capillaris
''Muhlenbergia capillaris'', commonly known as the hairawn muhly, is a perennial sedge-like plant that grows to be about tall and wide. The plant includes a double layer; green, leaf-like structures surround the understory, and purple-pink flo ...
Oplismenus
''Oplismenus'' is a small genus of annual or perennial grasses, commonly known as basketgrass, found throughout the tropics, subtropics, and in some cases, temperate regions of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The systematics of the ...
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Oplismenus hirtellus
''Oplismenus hirtellus'' (commonly known as basket grass) is a flowering perennial plant from the family Poaceae that can be found on every continent in the world except Antarctica, growing mostly in coastal tropic and subtropic regions as wel ...
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Oryza
''Oryza'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. It includes the major food crop rice (species ''Oryza sativa'' and ''Oryza glaberrima''). Members of the genus grow as tall, wetland grasses, growing to tall; the genus includes both annual an ...
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Oryza latifolia
''Oryza latifolia'', the broadleaf rice, is a widespread species of grass (family Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the ce ...
Panicum dichotomiflorum
''Panicum dichotomiflorum'', known by the common names fall panicgrass, autumn millet (Britain and Ireland), and fall panicum is a species of Poaceae "true grass". It is native to much of the eastern United States and parts of Canada, and it can ...
Panicum trichoides
''Panicum'' (panicgrass) is a large genus of about 450 species of Poaceae, grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are often large, Annual plant, annual or P ...
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Panicum venezuelae
''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, grow ...
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Pappophorum
''Pappophorum'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to the Western Hemisphere. Members of the genus are commonly known as pappusgrass.
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Pappophorum pappiferum
''Pappophorum'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to the Western Hemisphere. Members of the genus are commonly known as pappusgrass.
; SpeciesDavidse, G. 1994. 73. ''Pappophorum'' Schreber. 6: 257. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánche ...
Paspalum arundinaceum
''Paspalum'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, 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 ...
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Paspalum bakeri
''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 ...
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Paspalum blodgettii
''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 ...
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Paspalum boscianum
''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 ...
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Paspalum caespitosum
''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 ...
Paspalum decumbens
''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 ...
Paspalum fasciculatum
''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 ...
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Paspalum fimbriatum
''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 ...
Paspalum maritimum
''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 ...
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Paspalum millegrana
''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 ...
Paspalum notatum
''Paspalum notatum'', known commonly as bahiagrass, common bahia, and Pensacola bahia, is a tropical to subtropical perennial grass (family Poaceae). It is known for its prominent V-shaped inflorescence consisting of two spike-like racemes cont ...
Paspalum parviflorum
''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 ...
Paspalum pulchellum
''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 ...
Paspalum secans
''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 ...
Paspalum vaginatum
''Paspalum vaginatum'' is a species of grass known by many names, including seashore paspalum, biscuit grass, saltwater couch, silt grass, and swamp couch.Paspalum virgatum''
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Pennisetum
''Pennisetum'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. They are known commonly as fountaingrasses (fountain grasses).Pennisetum ciliare''
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Pennisetum glaucum
Pearl millet (''Cenchrus americanus'', commonly known as the synonym ''Pennisetum glaucum''; also known as 'Bajra' in Hindi, 'Sajje' in Kannada, 'Kambu' in Tamil, 'Bajeer' in Kumaoni and 'Maiwa' in Hausa, 'Mexoeira' in Mozambique) is the most w ...
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Pennisetum polystachion
''Pennisetum polystachion'', the mission grass, is a species of grass native to tropical Africa, and is an invasive species in Northern Australia and in Sri Lanka.S. Ranwala, B. Marambe, S. Wijesundara, P. Silva, D. Weerakoon, N. Atapattu, J. Gun ...
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Pennisetum purpureum
''Cenchrus purpureus'', synonym ''Pennisetum purpureum'', also known as Napier grass, elephant grass or Uganda grass, is a species of perennial tropical grass native to the African grasslands. arrell, G., Simons, S. A., & Hillocks, R. J. (2002). ...
Pharus latifolius
Pharus may refer to:
* Pharus (bivalve), ''Pharus'' (bivalve), a genus of bivalves in the family Pharidae
* Pharus (plant), ''Pharus'' (plant), a genus of grasses
* Pharos (disambiguation), Pharos, Greek name for lighthouses, used for:
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Pharus parvifolius
Pharus may refer to:
* ''Pharus'' (bivalve), a genus of bivalves in the family Pharidae
* ''Pharus'' (plant), a genus of grasses
* Pharos, Greek name for lighthouses, used for:
** Pharos of Alexandria
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes ...
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Phragmites
''Phragmites'' () is a genus of four species of large perennial reed grasses found in wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world.
Taxonomy
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Poa
''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand species), a ...
Polypogon
''Polypogon'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known beard grass or rabbitsfoot grass.
Description
''Polypogon'' species vary in appearance; some are erect, while others drape over the ground in waves. M ...
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Polypogon viridis
''Polypogon viridis'', the beardless rabbitsfoot grass, is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae
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Polytrias
''Polytrias'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family, commonly called Java grass Batiki bluegrass, Indian murainagrass, or toto grass. The only known species is ''Polytrias indica'', native to West Africa (f ...
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Polytrias indica
''Polytrias'' is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family, commonly called Java grass Batiki bluegrass, Indian murainagrass, or toto grass. The only known species is ''Polytrias indica'', native to West Africa (f ...
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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).
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Rottboellia cochinchinensis
''Rottboellia cochinchinensis'' is a species of grass known by the common names Itchgrass,Holm, L. G., Plucknett, D. L., Pancho, J. V., & Herberger, J. P. (1977). The world’s worst weeds. The World’s Worst Weeds.Smith, M. C., Reeder, R. H., & ...
Saccharum spontaneum
''Saccharum spontaneum'' (wild sugarcane, Kans grass) is a grass native to the Indian Subcontinent. It is a perennial grass, growing up to three meters in height, with spreading rhizomatous roots.
In the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands, a l ...
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Sacciolepis
''Sacciolepis'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Cupscale grass is a common name for plants in this genus.
They are widespread in tropical and warmer temperate regions. Many are native to Africa, with others in Asia, Australia, and th ...
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Sacciolepis indica
''Sacciolepis'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Cupscale grass is a common name for plants in this genus.
They are widespread in tropical and warmer temperate regions. Many are native to Africa, with others in Asia, Australia, and the ...
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Sacciolepis striata
''Sacciolepis'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Cupscale grass is a common name for plants in this genus.
They are widespread in tropical and warmer temperate regions. Many are native to Africa, with others in Asia, Australia, and the ...
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Schizachyrium
''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas.
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Schizachyrium sanguineum
''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words (), meaning "to split," and (), meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas.
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Setaria
''Setaria'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Latin word ''seta'', meaning "bristle" or "hair", which refers to the bristly spikelets.
The genus includes over 100 species distributed in many tr ...
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Setaria barbata
Setaria barbata, with common names bristly foxtail grass, corn grass, Mary grass, and East Indian bristlegrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae native to tropical Africa and tropical Asia.
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Sorghastrum
''Sorghastrum'' is a genus of grasses, native to Africa and the Americas.
Members of the genus are commonly known as Indiangrass.
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Sorghastrum setosum
''Sorghastrum'' is a genus of grasses, native to Africa and the Americas.
Members of the genus are commonly known as Indiangrass.
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Sorghastrum stipoides
''Sorghastrum'' is a genus of grasses, native to Africa and the Americas.
Members of the genus are commonly known as Indiangrass.
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Sorghum
''Sorghum'' () is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae). Some of these species are grown as cereals for human consumption and some in pastures for animals. One species is grown for grain, while many othe ...
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Sorghum bicolor
''Sorghum bicolor'', commonly called sorghum () and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a Poaceae, grass species cultivated for its grain, which is used for food for humans, animal feed, and ethan ...
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Sorghum halepense
Johnson grass or Johnsongrass, ''Sorghum halepense'', is a plant in the grass family, Poaceae, native to Asia and northern Africa. The plant has been introduced to all continents except Antarctica, and most larger islands and archipelagos. It re ...
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Spartina
''Spartina'' is a taxon of plants in the grass family, frequently found in coastal salt marshes. Its species are commonly known as cordgrass or cord-grass, and are native to the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean in western and southern Europe, north ...
Sporobolus cubensis
''Sporobolus'' is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. The name ''Sporobolus'' means "seed-thrower", and is derived from Ancient Greek word (), meaning "seed", and the root of () "to throw", referring to the dispersion of ...
Sporobolus indicus
''Sporobolus indicus'' is a species of grass known by the common name smut grass.
Distribution
This bunchgrass is native to temperate and tropical areas of the Americas.
It can be found in more regions, as well as on many Pacific Islands, as an ...
Stenotaphrum
''Stenotaphrum'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family.
The name is derived from the Greek words στενός (''stenos''), meaning "narrow", and τάϕρος (''taphros''), meaning "trench." It refers to cavities in the raceme axi ...
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Stenotaphrum secundatum
St. Augustine grass (''Stenotaphrum secundatum''), also known as buffalo turf in Australia and buffalo grass in South Africa, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a warm-season lawn grass that is popular for cultivation in tropica ...
Themeda arguens
''Themeda arguens'', commonly known as Christmas grass, is a species of grass. It is found in South Asia, Eastern Asia, Australia, the south-western Pacific and the Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Kara ...
Tripidium
''Tripidium'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, native to Spain, Morocco, Korea and New Guinea. The genus name was first published by Hildemar Wolfgang Scholz in 2006 as a replacement for the illegitimate name ''Ripidium''. ...
Tripsacum
''Tripsacum'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to the Western Hemisphere. Gamagrass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Species
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Tripsacum latifolium
''Tripsacum'' is a genus of plants in the grass family native to the Western Hemisphere. Gamagrass is a common name for plants in this genus.
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Triticum
Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologica ...
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Triticum aestivum
Common wheat (''Triticum aestivum''), also known as bread wheat, is a cultivated wheat species. About 95% of wheat produced worldwide is common wheat; it is the most widely grown of all crops and the cereal with the highest monetary yield.
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Urochloa brizantha
''Urochloa brizantha'' (syn. ''Brachiaria brizantha'') is a species of grass known by the common name palisade grass. It is often used as a forage for livestock.
Other common names include palisade signal grass, bread grass, Mauritius grass,Cook ...
Urochloa mosambicensis
''Urochloa'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Mexico, and the Pacific Islands.
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Urochloa mutica
''Brachiaria mutica'' (''Urochloa mutica'') is a species of grass known by the common names para grass, buffalo grass, Mauritius signal grass, pasto pare, malojilla, gramalote, parana, Carib grass, and Scotch grass.Stone, Katharine R. 2010''Uroch ...
Vetiveria
''Chrysopogon'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. They are widespread across Eurasia, Africa, Australia, southeastern North America, and various islands.
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Vulpia
''Vulpia'' is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to many countries around the world and naturalized in many of the nations to which it is not native. It is most common in temperate regions.
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Vulpia bromoides
''Vulpia bromoides'', squirreltail fescue, barren fescue or brome fescue, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as ...
Zea mays
Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...
Zoysia tenuifolia
''Zoysia matrella'' (L.) Merr., commonly known as Manila grass, is a species of mat-forming, perennial grass native to temperate coastal southeastern Asia and northern Australasia, from southern Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan, and southern China ...
Grasses
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 ...
Grasses
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 ...
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...