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(1727-1797). ; Species * '' Rottboellia cochinchinensis'' (Lour.) Clayton - Africa, Asia,

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Coelorachis ''Coelorachis'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus '' Mnesithea'', so the following species can general ...

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Elionurus ''Elionurus'' is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and Neotropical plants in the grass family. ; Species ; formerly included see '' Bothriochloa Lasiurus ''Lasiurus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae Vespertilion ...

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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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Glyphochloa ''Glyphochloa'' is a genus of India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world ...

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Hainardia ''Hainardia'' is a genus of coastal plants in the grass family, native to the Mediterranean Basin. The only known species is ''Hainardia cylindrica'', known by several common names, including barbgrass, one-glumed hard-grass, and thintail. It ...

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Heteropholis ''Heteropholis'' is a genus of African and Sri Lankan plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Heteropholis benoistii'' A.Camus - Madagascar * '' Heteropholis nigrescens'' (Thwaites) C.E.Hubb. - Sri Lanka * '' Heteropholis sulcata'' (Stapf) ...

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Lasiurus ''Lasiurus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilio ...

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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 ...

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Loxodera ''Loxodera'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family.Launert, Georg Oskar Edmund. 1963. Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana, sér. 2 37: 80-82 ; Species * ''Loxodera bovonei'' (Chiov.) Launert - Zaïre, Zambia * ''Loxodera caespitosa'' (C. ...

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Manisuris ''Manisuris'' is a genus of Indian plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Manisuris myurus'', native to Tamil Nadu in southern India. Formerly included species Numerous species are now regarded as better suited in other genera, ...

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Mnesithea ''Mnesithea'', or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Mnesithea annua'' (Lazarides) de Koning & Sosef - Western Australia * '' Mnesithea formosa'' (R.Br.) de Koning & ...

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Ophiuros ''Ophiuros'' is a genus of Asia, Australian, and East African plants in the grass family. ; species * '' Ophiuros bombaiensis'' Bor - Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra * '' Ophiuros exaltatus'' (L.) Kuntze - Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Sout ...

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Oropetium ''Oropetium'' is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Oropetium aristatum'' (Stapf) Pilg. - tropical West Africa * '' Oropetium capense'' Stapf - Arabian Peninsula, desert and near-desert regions of Africa * ' ...

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Phacelurus ''Phacelurus'' is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Phacelurus cambogiensis'' (Balansa) Clayton - Laos, Cambodia * '' Phacelurus digitatus'' (Sm.) Griseb. - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syr ...

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Pholiurus ''Pholiurus'' is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Pholiurus pannonicus'', found in a region stretching from Austria to Kazakhstan.Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editi ...

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Psilurus ''Psilurus'' is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. ;Species The only known species is ''Psilurus incurvus,'' native to the Mediterranean and southwest Asia from Portugal and Morocco to Pakistan and Uzbekistan. It i ...

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Ratzeburgia ''Ratzeburgia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. Species The only known species is ''Ratzeburgia pulcherrima'', found only in Myanmar.Bor, N. L. 1960. Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford Formerly inc ...

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Rhytachne ''Rhytachne'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. They grow principally in wet savannahs in Africa and the Americas. More specifically, they tend to prefer transitional zones between marshes and drier upland savannahs. In the Americas the g ...

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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. In the United States ...

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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 ...

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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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Thaumastochloa ''Thaumastochloa'' is a genus of Australian, Papuasian, and Indonesian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. ; Species ; formerly included see ''Mnesithea'' * ''Thaumastochloa chenii - Mnesithea laevis var. chenii'' * ''Thaumastochloa cochi ...

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Urelytrum ''Urelytrum'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family. ; Species ; Formerly included see ''Loxodera'' * ''Urelytrum strigosum - Loxodera strigosa ''Loxodera'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family.Launert, Georg Oskar E ...

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Xerochloa ''Xerochloa'' is a genus of Australian and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Xerochloa barbata'' R.Br. - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland * '' Xerochloa imberbis'' R.Br. - rice grass - Thailand, Java, W ...

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References

External links

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