''Coelorachis'' is a

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of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of

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, Australia and the

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. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus '' Mnesithea'', so the following species can generally be found under that name in those listings. ; SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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/ref> * '' Coelorachis afraurita'' (Stapf) Stapf - tropical Africa * '' Coelorachis aurita'' (Steud.) A.Camus - tropical America from Chiapas + Trinidad to Paraguay * '' Coelorachis balansae'' (Hack.) A.Camus - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay * '' Coelorachis cancellata'' (Ridl.) Bor - Bangka, Pen Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam * '' Coelorachis capensis'' Stapf -

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, KwaZulu-Natal * '' Coelorachis clarkei'' (Hack.) Blatt. & McCann - India, Myanmar * '' Coelorachis cylindrica'' (Michx.) Nash - southeastern + south-central USA * '' Coelorachis geminata'' (Hack.) Clayton - Pen Malaysia, Thailand, Kalimantan * '' Coelorachis glandulosa'' (Trin.) Stapf ex Ridl. - Southeast Asia, New Guinea,

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* '' Coelorachis helferi'' (Hook.f.) Henrard - Pen Malaysia, Indochina * '' Coelorachis impressa'' (Griseb.) Nash -

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* '' Coelorachis khasiana'' (Hack.) Stapf ex Bor -

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* '' Coelorachis lepidura'' Stapf - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique * '' Coelorachis parodiana'' Henrard - Paraguay, Argentina * '' Coelorachis ramosa'' (E.Fourn.) Nash - tropical America from

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to southern Brazil * '' Coelorachis rottboellioides'' (R.Br.) A.Camus - Australia, New Guinea, Philippines, Lesser Sunda Islands * '' Coelorachis rugosa'' (Nutt.) Nash - Cuba; USA from Texas to New Jersey * '' Coelorachis selloana'' (Hack.) A.Camus - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay * '' Coelorachis striata'' (Steud.) A.Camus -

, Indochina, eastern Himalayas * '' Coelorachis tessellata'' (Steud.) Nash - USA (

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) * '' Coelorachis tuberculosa'' (Nash) Nash - Cuba; USA (

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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 Autónom ...

Hemarthria ''Hemarthria'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the grass family. They occur in the tropical and subtropical Old World, especially in China and Southeast Asia, with some species in Africa, Australia, and southern Europe.

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 ...

Mnesithea Phacelurus Rhytachne Rottboellia''

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