''Sacciolepis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of plants in the grass family. Cupscale grass is a common name for plants in this genus. They are widespread in

tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...

and warmer temperate regions. Many are native to

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

, with others in

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, Australia, and the

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.Judziewicz, E. J. (1990)
A new South American species of ''Sacciolepis'' (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae), with a summary of the genus in the New World.
''Systematic Botany'' 15(3) 415-20.Simon, B. K. (1972)
A revision of the genus ''Sacciolepis'' (Gramineae) in the 'Flora Zambesiaca' area.
''Kew Bulletin'' 27(3) 387-406.Wipff, J. K

Grass Manual. Flora of North America. These species are annual or perennial and may have rhizomes or stolons. The

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...

is usually a narrow, dense panicle. They generally grow in moist habitat, such as marshes and streambanks. ''Sacciolepis'' is closely related to genus ''

Panicum ''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, growi ...

''. ; Species''Sacciolepis'' Species List.
Germplasm Resources Information Network.Quattrocchi, U. ''CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology, Volume 1''. CRC Press. 2006. pg. 1937. * '' Sacciolepis africana'' - Africa from Senegal to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar * '' Sacciolepis angustissima'' - from the Guianas to Bolivia + Peru * '' Sacciolepis antsirabensis'' - Madagascar * '' Sacciolepis arenaria'' - Angola * '' Sacciolepis catumbensis'' - Angola, Zambia * '' Sacciolepis chevalieri'' - Africa from Senegal to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar * '' Sacciolepis ciliocincta'' - Africa from Senegal to Sudan + Congo Rep * '' Sacciolepis cingularis'' - Sudan, Chad, Congo Rep * '' Sacciolepis clatrata'' - Central African Rep * '' Sacciolepis curvata'' - eastern + southeastern Africa from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal; Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka * '' Sacciolepis cymbiandra'' - West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria * '' Sacciolepis fenestrata'' - Thailand * '' Sacciolepis indica'' - glenwood grass, Chase's glenwood grass, Indian cupscale grass - Africa from Guinea to Cape Province; Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, Indian Subcontinent, East + Southeast Asia, Australia; naturalized in New Zealand, southeastern USA, scattered places in Latin America and Pacific * '' Sacciolepis interrupta'' - tropical Asia, tropical Africa * '' Sacciolepis leptorachis'' - tropical Africa * '' Sacciolepis micrococca'' - tropical Africa, Madagascar * '' Sacciolepis myosuroides'' - tropical Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia, Australia * '' Sacciolepis myuros'' - tropical America from central Mexico to Trinidad + Bolivia * '' Sacciolepis otachyrioides'' - Colombia (Meta), Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Guárico), Guyana (Rupununi), Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima) * '' Sacciolepis seslerioides'' - Congo Rep, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola * '' Sacciolepis striata'' - southeastern USA from Texas to Delaware;Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
/ref> Greater Antilles, Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco), Central America, Trinidad, Venezuela, Guianas, Amapá * '' Sacciolepis tenuissima'' - Thailand * '' Sacciolepis transbarbata'' - Tanzania, Burundi, Zaire, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, Zimbabwe * '' Sacciolepis typhura'' - Africa from Ivory Coast to Eswatini * '' Sacciolepis viguieri'' - Madagascar * '' Sacciolepis vilvoides'' - Cuba, South America from Venezuela to Uruguay ; formerly included see ''

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. ...

'' * ''Sacciolepis aurita - Panicum auritum'' * ''Sacciolepis donacifolia - Hymenachne donacifolia'' * ''Sacciolepis insulicola - Panicum auritum'' * ''Sacciolepis longissima - Panicum longissimum'' * ''Sacciolepis polymorpha - Panicum auritum'' * ''Sacciolepis semienensis - Panicum hymeniochilum''

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