''Scutachne'' 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. The only known species is ''Scutachne dura'', it is native to

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, and Hispaniola ( Haiti +

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).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone. 2003. ''Scutachne.'' In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 46: 569
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Panicoideae Monotypic Poaceae genera Taxa named by A. S. Hitchcock {{Panicoideae-stub

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