''Whiteochloa'' 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 ...

. The genus is native to

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, New Guinea, and Indonesia. It is named for Australian botanist Cyril Tenison White, 1890–1950. ;SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Atlas of Living Australia
/ref> # '' Whiteochloa airoides'' (R.Br.) Lazarides - Northern Territory,

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, Western Australia # '' Whiteochloa biciliata'' Lazarides - Western Australia # '' Whiteochloa capillipes'' (Benth.) Lazarides - New Guinea,

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, Maluku, Northern Territory,

, Western Australia # ''

Whiteochloa cymbiformis ''Whiteochloa'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is native to Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia. It is named for Australian botanist Cyril Tenison White, 1890–1950. ;Species # '' Whiteochloa airoides'' (R.Br.) Lazari ...

'' (Hughes) B.K.Simon - Northern Territory,

, Western Australia, New South Wales # ''

Whiteochloa multiciliata ''Whiteochloa'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus is native to Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia. It is named for Australian botanist Cyril Tenison White, 1890–1950. ;Species # '' Whiteochloa airoides'' (R.Br.) Lazari ...

'' Lazarides - Northern Territory, # ''

Whiteochloa semitonsa ''Whiteochloa'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family. The genus is native to Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia. It is named for Australian botanist Cyril Tenison White, 1890–1950. ;Species # ''Whiteochloa airoides'' (R.Br.) La ...

'' (F.Muell. ex Benth.) C.E.Hubb. - Northern Territory,

References

Panicoideae Poaceae genera Taxa named by Charles Edward Hubbard {{Panicoideae-stub