Leersia is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses.
Zonotriche is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Piptophyllum is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Piptophyllum welwitschii, native to Angola.
Arundinella is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, common in many tropical and subtropical regions.
Chrysochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Schizachyrium is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words σχίζειν, meaning "to split," and ἄχυρον, meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas.
Trachypogon is a small genus of African and Latin American plants in the grass family. Crinkleawn grass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Dinebra is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.
Parapholis is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.
Elymandra is a genus of African and South American plants in the grass family. Most known species are native to Africa; one is found in Brazil.
Ectrosia is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.
Urochondra is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Urochondra setulosa, native to northeastern Africa and southwestern Asia. The species grows in coastal sand dunes, salt marshes and estuaries.
Whiteochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family.
Iseilema, commonly known in Australia as Flinders grass, is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family.
Leptaspis is a genus of Paleotropical plants in the grass family, native to Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and a few islands of the western Pacific.
Monocymbium is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Rhytachne is a genus of plants in the grass family. They grow principally in wet savannahs in Africa and the Americas. More specifically, they tend to prefer transitional zones between marshes and drier upland savannahs. In the Americas the genus can be found from southern Mexico and Cuba south to northern Argentina, while in Africa it is present below the Sahara, including in Madagascar. Twelve species are included, of which nine are African, two are American, and one, Rhytachne subgibbosa, is found on both continents. The genus is closely related to Coelorachis.
Mesanthemum is a genus of plants in the Eriocaulaceae, first described in 1856. It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.
- Mesanthemum africanumMoldenke - Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Mesanthemum albidumLecomte - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone
- Mesanthemum angustitepalumKimp - Zaïre
- Mesanthemum auratumLecomte - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau
- Mesanthemum bennaeJacq.-Fél - Guinea
- Mesanthemum cupricolaKimp - Zaïre
- Mesanthemum glabrumKimp - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia
- Mesanthemum jaegeriJacq.-Fél - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville
- Mesanthemum pilosumKimp - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia, Malawi
- Mesanthemum prescottianum(Bong.) Körn. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gabon
- Mesanthemum pubescens(Lam.) Körn. - Madagascar
- Mesanthemum radicans(Benth.) Körn. - widespread from Liberia east to Tanzania, south to Mozambique
- Mesanthemum reductumH.E.Hess - Congo-Brazzaville, Angola
- Mesanthemum rutenbergianumKörn. - Madagascar
- Mesanthemum variabileKimp - Zaïre, Zambia
Rhynchelytrum is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Rhynchelytrum reynaudioides, native to Annobón Island in Equatorial Guinea.
Danthonidium is a genus of Indian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Danthonidium gammiei, native to the State of Maharashtra in India.
