''Piptatherum'' is a 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 ...

known as ricegrass. They are widely distributed across much of Eurasia, North Africa, and

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

. These are clumping perennial grasses with long, tapering leaf blades. ; SpeciesThe Plant List search for Piptatherum
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Achnatherum ''Achnatherum'' is a genus of plants which includes several species of needlegrass. Several needlegrass species have been switched between ''Achnatherum'' and genus ''Stipa''; taxonomy between the two closely related genera is still uncertain. ' ...

Arundinella Eriochloa Nassella Oryzopsis Piptatheropsis Piptochaetium Stipa ''

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q3766923 Poaceae genera Grasses of Africa Grasses of Asia Grasses of Europe Grasses of North America Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois Pooideae