''Megastachya'' is a genus of African 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 ...

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Megastachya madagascariensis ''Megastachya'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Megastachya madagascariensis'' (Lam.) Chase - Madagascar * ''Megastachya mucronata'' (Poir.) P.Beauv. - Madagascar, South Africa, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Central Afric ...

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Megastachya mucronata ''Megastachya'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Megastachya madagascariensis'' (Lam.) Chase - Madagascar * '' Megastachya mucronata'' (Poir.) P.Beauv. - Madagascar, South Africa, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Central Afri ...

'' (Poir.) P.Beauv. - Madagascar, South Africa, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, etc.Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Flora of Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420 ; Formerly included numerous species once regarded as part of ''Megastachya'' but now considered better suited to other genera: '' Catapodium Desmostachya

Distichlis ''Distichlis'' is a genus of American and Australian plants in the grass family.Bell, H. L. & J. T. Columbus. 2008. Proposal for an expanded ''Distichlis'' (Poaceae, Chloridoideae): Support from molecular, morphological, and anatomical charact ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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Poaceae genera Grasses of Africa Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois Panicoideae {{Panicoideae-stub