''Chionachne'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of Asian, Australian, and

Papuasia Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia. It comprises the ...

n plants in the

grass family Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

Species

* '' Chionachne biaurita'' Hack. -

Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, ...

* '' Chionachne cyathopoda'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. -

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...

, northern Australia * ''

Chionachne gigantea ''Chionachne'' is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Papuasian plants in the grass family. Species * '' Chionachne biaurita'' Hack. - Luzon * '' Chionachne cyathopoda'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. - New Guinea, northern Australia * '' Chionach ...

'' (J.Koenig) Veldkamp -

Indian Subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geopolitically, it includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India ...

Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mo ...

* ''

Chionachne hubbardiana ''Chionachne'' is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Papuasian plants in the grass family. Species * ''Chionachne biaurita'' Hack. - Luzon * ''Chionachne cyathopoda'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. - New Guinea, northern Australia * ''Chionachne ...

'' Henrard -

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Northern Territories,

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to ...

Lesser Sunda Islands The Lesser Sunda Islands or nowadays known as Nusa Tenggara Islands ( id, Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara, formerly ) are an archipelago in Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Australia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make u ...

* '' Chionachne javanica'' (Henrard) Clayton - Java, Lesser Sunda Islands * '' Chionachne macrophylla'' (Benth.) Clayton - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Is, Bismarck Arch * '' Chionachne massiei'' Balansa -

Hainan Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slight ...

, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand * '' Chionachne punctata'' (R.Br.) Jannink - Indochina, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Philippines * ''

Chionachne semiteres ''Chionachne'' is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Papuasian plants in the grass family. Species * '' Chionachne biaurita'' Hack. - Luzon * '' Chionachne cyathopoda'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. - New Guinea, northern Australia * ''Chionachn ...

'' (Benth.) Henrard - India, MyanmarGrassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
/ref> ; formerly included see '' Cleistochloa'' * ''Chionachne sclerachne -

Cleistochloa sclerachne ''Cleistochloa'' is a genus of bunchgrasses in the family Poaceae, found in southwestern in Oceania. They are native to Australia and New Guinea (island). Species Species include: * '' Cleistochloa rigida'' (S.T.Blake) Clayton - Queensland, N ...

References

Poaceae genera Panicoideae Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) {{Panicoideae-stub

Species

See also

References