Eriochloa

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Eriochloa
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Eriochloa polystachya
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Melinidinae
Genus: Eriochloa
Kunth
Type species
Eriochloa distachya
Synonyms [3]
  • HelopusTrin.
  • OedipachneLink
  • AglyciaWilld. ex Steud.
  • AlyciaWilld. ex Steud.

Eriochloa is a widespread genus of plants [4] [5] in the grass family, commonly called cupgrass.[ citation needed ] They are found across much of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, plus a few places in European Russia. [2] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Species [3] [11]
formerly included [3]

see Ancistrachne Axonopus Brachiaria Isachne Panicum Paspalum Tricholaena Urochloa

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