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Arundo is a genus of stout, perennial plants in the grass family.
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Andropogon is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas as well as southern Europe and various oceanic islands.
Anthoxanthum, commonly known as hornworts, vernal grasses, or vernalgrasses, is a genus of plants in the grass family.
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Acostia is a genus of South American plants in the grass family.
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Anthephora is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to southwest Asia, Africa, the Americas, and various islands.
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Apluda is a genus of plants in the grass family native to Asia and to various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Brachyachne is a genus of African, Australian, and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.
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References
- ↑ Hubbard, Charles Edward. 1940. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 35: plate 3418
- ↑ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- ↑ The International Plant Names Index
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ The Plant List search for Alloeochaete
