Saccharum is a genus of tall perennial plants of the broomsedge tribe within the grass family.
Digitaria is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions but can occur in tropical, subtropical, and cooler temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They are slender monocotyledonous annual and perennial lawn, pasture, and forage plants; some are often considered lawn pests. Digitus is the Latin word for "finger", and they are distinguished by the long, finger-like inflorescences they produce.
Setaria is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Latin word seta, meaning "bristle" or "hair", which refers to the bristly spikelets.
Pentameris is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Africa, with a few species in Yemen and on certain islands in the Indian Ocean.
Poecilostachys is a genus of African plants in the grass family, several of the species found only in Madagascar.
Pseudechinolaena is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family, all but one species endemic to Madagascar.
Acroceras is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family.
Coelorachis is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas.
Cyrtococcum is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island 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.
Sehima is a genus of mostly Asian and African plants in the grass family.
Tristachya is a genus of African and Latin American plants in tribe Tristachyideae within the grass family.
Dinebra is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.
Urelytrum is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
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. They may be known generally as jointgrasses.
Heteropholis is a genus of African and Sri Lankan plants in the grass family.
Merxmuellera is a genus of African grasses named for Hermann Merxmueller, a 20th century German botanist and taxonomist who was an expert on African flora.
Pseudobromus is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Lasiorhachis is a genus of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, native to Madagascar. The taxon was first described as a subdivision of Andropogon by Eduard Hackel in 1889 and raised to a genus by Otto Stapf in 1927.
