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Willkommia is a genus of plants in the grass family. The genus has a disjunct distribution, with species native to Southern Africa, South America, and the United States.

Anadelphia is a genus of African plants in the grass family. Species formerly included see Schizachyrium Anadelphia lomaensis - Schizachyrium lomaense

Urelytrum is a genus of African plants in the grass family. Species Formerly included see Loxodera Urelytrum strigosum, now Loxodera strigosa

Blepharidachne is a small genus of New World plants in the grass family, generally known as eyelashgrass or desertgrass. . Species Blepharidachne benthamiana - Argentina Blepharidachne bigelovii - Texas, New Mexico, Coahuila Blepharidachne hitchcockii - Argentina Blepharidachne kingii - California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho

Stereochlaena is a genus of African plants in the grass family. Species Stereochlaena annua Clayton - Tanzania Stereochlaena caespitosa Clayton - Tanzania, Malawi Stereochlaena cameronii (Stapf) Pilg. - Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Mozambique, Botswana, Limpopo Stereochlaena tridentata Clayton - Tanzania formerly included see Baptorhachis Stereochlaena foliacea - Baptorhachis foliacea

Cyphochlaena is a genus of plants in the grass family native to certain islands in the Indian Ocean. Species Cyphochlaena madagascariensis Hack. - Comoros, Madagascar Cyphochlaena sclerioides (A.Camus) Bosser - Madagascar

Themeda arguens, commonly known as Christmas grass, is a species of grass. It is found in South Asia, Eastern Asia, Australia, India, the south-western Pacific and the Caribbean.

Poecilostachys is a genus of African plants in the grass family, several of the species found only in Madagascar. Species formerly included see Oplismenus Poecilostachys stapfii - Oplismenus flavicomus

Schizachne is a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the grass family. The only accepted species is Schizachne purpurascens, commonly called false melic. Three subspecies are recognized: Schizachne purpurascens subsp. callosa (Turcz. ex Griseb.) T.Koyama & Kawano – European and Asiatic Russia, China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Shanxi, Yunnan), Mongolia, Korea, Kazakhstan Schizachne purpurascens subsp. capillipes (Kom.) Tzvelev – Kamchatka Schizachne purpurascens subsp. purpurascens – Canada (all 10 provinces plus Yukon + NWT), United States (Alaska, Rocky Mountain

Polytrias is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family, commonly called Java grass, Batiki bluegrass, Indian murainagrass, or toto grass. The only known species is Polytrias indica, native to West Africa (from Senegal to Cameroon), Seychelles, the Indian subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Fiji, and Micronesia. It is also cultivated as a lawn grass in other tropical regions, and naturalized in scattered locations in tropical North and South America.

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Nassella trichotoma, commonly known as the serrated tussock, is a type of bunchgrass plant, native in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Peru. It is on the list of Weeds of National Significance in Australia, reducing the productivity of pasture and creating a fire hazard. In many states, landowners are required by law to keep their land free of this plant. Herbicides that control the plant are generally expensive monetarily, contributing to its growth in countries such as Australia. In New Zealand is classed as an unwanted organism by Biosecurity New Zealand and is under strict control regimes

Lophopogon is a ditypic genus endemic to India, consisting of two well-known species Lophopogon tridentatus (Roxb.) Hackel and Lophopogon kingii Hook f. belonging to the tribe Andropogoneae in the grass family. Shahid Nawaz, an Indian agrostologist at Blatter Herbarium (BLAT), recently revised this genus from India. Lophopogon prasannae, a species described from the state of Andhra Pradesh is allied to L. kingii and was thus synonymised as a new heterotypic synonym of the latter. L. tridentatus is a widely distributed species in India whereas L. kingii is a rare grass occurring in Bihar,

Festuca trachyphylla, also known as hard fescue, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. The species was first published in 1915. This species is native to North, Central and East Europe.

Festuca ampla is a species of grass described and named by the botanist Eduard Hackel in 1880. F. ampla often thrives in habitats that include humid environments, arid soil, and sandy areas. This species grows in temperate biomes and is a perennial. This species is native to Portugal, Spain, and Morocco.

Eremochloa ophiuroides, or Centipedegrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. Used as a warm season lawn grass, it forms thick sods and spreads by stolons.

Eragrostis truncata (Afrikaans: bloupolgras, "blue tussock") is a species of grass in the family Poaceae that is native to Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. Found most abundantly in the Nama Karoo, the plant is registered under the SANBI Red List as "safe" (LC). The root stock is short and branched, and the plant is a perennial with clumped seeds. In the Gemsbok National Park portion of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, the species is found mainly on the banks of the Nossob River, along with such grasses as Enneapogon desvauxii, Stipagrostis obtusa, Eragrostis echinochloidea, Sporobolus

Blepharidachne kingii is a species of grass known by the common name King's eyelashgrass. It is native to the Great Basin in the United States, where it grows in habitat such as pinyon-juniper woodland. It is rare in California and Idaho, but it is one of the most common grasses of the northeastern deserts of Nevada.

Andropogon hallii (sand bluestem, sand hill bluestem, Hall's bluestem, Hall's beardgrass, prairie bluestem, turkey-foot) is a sod-forming perennial species in the grass family, Poaceae. It is a bunchgrass which grows in tufts and can reach 7 feet (2.1 meters) in height under favorable conditions. Sand bluestem is native to North America. It is found growing from the Mississippi River west to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to Chihuahua, Mexico. It prefers sandy soils and will dominate in areas that average less than 30 inches of rain annually. Sand bluestem is a high quality forage with

Stipa turkestanica is a species of grass that grows in India and Central Asia and western Asia. Its culms are 30–70 cm long, and panicles 8–14 cm long, bearing few spikelets.

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Agrostis petriei is a flowering plant in the family Poaceae (the grass family), which was described by Eduard Hackel.

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Spodiopogon cotulifer is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to East and Southeast Asia. It is the most likely wild progenitor of Spodiopogon formosanus, a cultivated millet that is endemic to Taiwan.

Drakkaria is a genus of grasses. It includes a single species, Drakkaria venezuelae, a perennial native to the tropical Americas. It has a disjunct distribution in Guatemala, Honduras, northwestern Costa Rica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Venezuela, and northeastern Brazil, where it grows in tropical dry forests. The species was first described as Panicum venezuelae by Eduard Hackel in 1901. In 2024 Christian Silva and Fernando Omar Zuloaga placed the species in the newly-described genus Drakkaria as Drakkaria venezuelae.

Monelytrum is a monotypic genus of grass in the family Poaceae. Its sole species, Monelytrum luederitzianum (commonly known in English as Lüderitz grass) is endemic to Namibia. Both common and scientific names were named for the city of Lüderitz, located in the far south of Namibia.

Miscanthus nepalensis, Himalayan fairy grass, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to mountain slopes in China (Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan), Bhutan, India, Myanmar and Nepal, and introduced in Malaysia. It is found at elevations of 1,900–2,800 m (6,200–9,200 ft). This decorative, deciduous grass grows 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, with arching green blades, often turning bronze in winter. Terminal clusters of yellow spikelets appear in summer, forming seed-heads in autumn. It is grown as an ornamental for temperate gardens, where it requires a sunny position.

Garnotia cheesemanii, the Rarotongan garnotia grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae that is endemic to the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific. The species is classified as Critically Endangered because of its extremely restricted range and population fragmentation.