Diplachne

Diplachne
Diplachne fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Poales
Family:Poaceae
Subfamily:Chloridoideae
Tribe:Cynodonteae
Subtribe:Eleusininae
Genus:Diplachne
P.Beauv. 1812, not R.Br. ex. Desf. 1819 (Myrtaceae)
Type species
Diplachne fascicularis

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

References

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