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
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 an ...
, common in many tropical and subtropical regions.Phipps, J. B. 1967. Studies in the Arundinelleae (Gramineae). V. The series of the genus ''Arundinella''. Canadian Journal of Botany 45(7): 1047–1057.
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Alloteropsis
''Alloteropsis'' (from the Greek ''allotrios'' ("strange") and ''opsis'' ("appearance")) is a genus of Old World plants in the grass family.
Danthoniopsis
''Danthoniopsis'' is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.
; Species
* '' Danthoniopsis acutigluma'' Chippind. - Zaïre, Zambia
* '' Danthoniopsis aptera'' R.I.S.Correia & Phipps - Angola
* '' Danthoniopsis barbata'' (Nees) C ...
Dilophotriche
''Dilophotriche'' is a genus of West African plants in the grass family.
; Species
* ''Dilophotriche occidentalis'' Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea
* ''Dilophotriche pobeguinii'' Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Burkina Faso
* ''Dilophotriche ...
Loudetia
''Loudetia'' is a genus of African, Arabian, and South American plants in the grass family.Trichopteryx''
See also
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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 ...