''Apocopis'' is a
genus
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of
Asia
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n plants in the
grass family
Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...
, widespread in
China
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, the
Indian Subcontinent
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, and
Southeast Asia
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, including several species
endemic
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to
Myanmar
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(
Burma
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).
; Species
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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; Formerly included[
see '']Dichanthium
''Dichanthium'', known commonly as bluestem or bluegrass, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.
Some species have become naturalized in the Americas and on various oceanic islands.Bhat, V., et alChapter 6: ''Di ...
Lophopogon
''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.
'' Lophopogon pras ...
''
* ''Apocopis pallida - Dichanthium caricosum
''Dichanthium'', known commonly as bluestem or bluegrass, is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.
Some species have become naturalized in the Americas and on various oceanic islands.Bhat, V., et alChapter 6: ''Di ...
''
* ''Apocopis tridentata - Lophopogon tridentatus''
See also
* List of Poaceae genera
Poaceae, also known as the true grasses, is the fourth largest plant family in the world with around 12,000 species and roughly 800 genera. They contain, among others, the cereal crop species and other plants of economic importance, such as the b ...
References
Andropogoneae
Poaceae genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
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