Bedgrass | |
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Ichnanthus nemoralis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
Tribe: | Paspaleae |
Subtribe: | Paspalinae |
Genus: | Ichnanthus P.Beauv. |
Type species | |
Ichnanthus panicoides | |
Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Ichnanthus, commonly called bedgrass, [3] is a genus of tropical plants in the grass family, widespread in Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
see Chevalierella Echinolaena Homolepis Ottochloa Panicum Parodiophyllochloa Yakirra
Echinochloa is a very widespread genus of plants in the grass family and tribe Paniceae. Some of the species are known by the common names barnyard grass or cockspur grass.
Brachyelytrum is a genus of North American and East Asian plants in the grass family, classified in its own tribe Brachyelytreae.
Gynerium is a monotypic genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, native to Mexico and Colombia, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. It is classified in its own tribe Gynerieae.
Brachypodium is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Africa, Eurasia, and Latin America. The genus is classified in its own tribe Brachypodieae.
Echinolaena is a genus of plants in tribe Paspaleae of the grass family, native to the New World tropics. It includes only two species after the referral of former members to the related genera Hildaea, Ichnanthus, Oedochloa and the more distant Chasechloa in a 2015 revision.
Enneapogon is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.
Gastridium is a genus of plants in the grass family. Species of the genus are found in Africa and Eurasia. These grasses are sometimes called nit grass.
Eriochrysis is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.
Catabrosa is a small but widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to temperate areas of Eurasia, the Americas, and a few places in Africa.
Lithachne is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family.
Streptogyna is a widespread genus of tropical plants in the grass family. It is the only genus in the monotypic tribe Streptogyneae.
Diarrhena, or beakgrain, is a genus of Asian and North American plants in the grass family.
Orthoclada is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.
Elytrophorus is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.
Urochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Mexico, and the Pacific Islands. Common names include signalgrass.
Gymnopogon (skeletongrass) is a genus of American and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.
Hymenachne is a genus of widespread wetlands plants that is in the grass family. They are commonly known as marsh grasses. They are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific Islands. A species from the Americas, H. amplexicaulis, is well known in other parts of the world as an introduced and invasive species.
Leptochloa is a widespread genus of Asian, African, Australian, and American plants in the grass family.
Megastachya is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Diectomis is a genus of tropical plants in the grass family. The only known species is Diectomis fastigiata, widespread across tropical parts of Africa, Asia, and the Americas.