Diplachne

Diplachne
Diplachne fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Diplachne
P.Beauv. 1812, not R.Br. ex. Desf. 1819 (Myrtaceae)
Type species
Diplachne fascicularis
(Lam.) P.Beauv.
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Diplachne is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread over much of the world.[1][2]

Species
  1. Diplachne cuspidata Launert - Namibia
  2. Diplachne fascicularis (Lam.) P.Beauv. - North America, West Indies, South America
  3. Diplachne festuciformis H.Scholz - Libya
  4. Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. - North America, West Indies, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia
  5. Diplachne gigantea Launert - Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Botswana
formerly included

over 100 species once considered part of Diplachne but now considered better suited to other genera: Bewsia Catapodium Cleistogenes Disakisperma Enteropogon Eragrostis Festuca Gouinia Leptocarydion Leptochloa Neyraudia Odyssea Orinus Pogonarthria Psilolemma Trichoneura Tripogon Triraphis Verticordia

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