''Apocopis'' is a
genus
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of
Asia
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n plants in the
grass family, widespread in
China, the
Indian Subcontinent
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, and
Southeast Asia
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, including several species
endemic
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to
Myanmar
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(
Burma
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).
; Species
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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; Formerly included[
see '' Dichanthium ]Lophopogon
''Lophopogon'' is a genus of Indian plants in the Poaceae, grass family.
; SpeciesBor, N. L. 1960. Grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India and Pakistan (excluding Bambuseae) i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford
* ''Lophopogon kingii'' Hook.f. - Bihar
* ''Lop ...
''
* ''Apocopis pallida - Dichanthium caricosum''
* ''Apocopis tridentata - Lophopogon tridentatus''
See also
* List of Poaceae genera
The true grasses (Poaceae) are one of the largest plant families, with around 12,000 species and roughly 800 genera. They contain, among others, the cereal crop species and other plants of economic importance, such as the bamboos, and several imp ...
References
Andropogoneae
Poaceae genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
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