''Coelorachis'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of 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 across much of

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and the

Americas The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a sing ...

. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus ''

Mnesithea ''Mnesithea'', or jointtail grass, is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family. The number of species placed in the genus varied considerably depending in large part on how the genus ''Coelorachis'' was treate ...

'', so the following species can generally be found under that name in those listings. ; SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
/ref> * '' Coelorachis afraurita'' (Stapf) Stapf - tropical Africa * '' Coelorachis aurita'' (Steud.) A.Camus - tropical America from

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+ Trinidad to Paraguay * '' Coelorachis balansae'' (Hack.) A.Camus - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay * '' Coelorachis cancellata'' (Ridl.) Bor - Bangka, Pen Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam * '' Coelorachis capensis'' Stapf -

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* '' Coelorachis clarkei'' (Hack.) Blatt. & McCann - India, Myanmar * '' Coelorachis cylindrica'' (Michx.) Nash - southeastern + south-central USA * '' Coelorachis geminata'' (Hack.) Clayton - Pen Malaysia, Thailand,

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* '' Coelorachis glandulosa'' (Trin.) Stapf ex Ridl. - Southeast Asia, New Guinea,

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* ''

Coelorachis helferi ''Coelorachis'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus ''Mnesithea'', so the following species can g ...

'' (Hook.f.) Henrard - Pen Malaysia, Indochina * '' Coelorachis impressa'' (Griseb.) Nash -

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* '' Coelorachis khasiana'' (Hack.) Stapf ex Bor -

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* '' Coelorachis lepidura'' Stapf - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique * '' Coelorachis parodiana'' Henrard - Paraguay, Argentina * '' Coelorachis ramosa'' (E.Fourn.) Nash - tropical America from

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to southern Brazil * '' Coelorachis rottboellioides'' (R.Br.) A.Camus - Australia, New Guinea, Philippines,

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* '' Coelorachis rugosa'' (Nutt.) Nash - Cuba; USA from Texas to New Jersey * '' Coelorachis selloana'' (Hack.) A.Camus - Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay * '' Coelorachis striata'' (Steud.) A.Camus -

, Indochina, eastern Himalayas * '' Coelorachis tessellata'' (Steud.) Nash - USA (

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) * '' Coelorachis tuberculosa'' (Nash) Nash - Cuba; USA (

) ; formerly included see ''

Eremochloa ''Eremochloa'' is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family. ; SpeciesPohl, R. W. 1994. 171. ''Eremochloa'' Buse. 6: 397. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma ...

Hemarthria ''Hemarthria'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the grass family. They occur in the tropical and subtropical Old World, especially in China and Southeast Asia, with some species in Africa, Australia, and Southern Europe.

Lasiurus ''Lasiurus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. Its members are known as hairy-tailed bats or red bats. Phylogeny The following is the relationship of the three genera formerly included within ''Lasiurus'', based on an analysis ...

Phacelurus ''Phacelurus'' is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Phacelurus cambogiensis'' (Balansa) Clayton - Laos, Cambodia * '' Phacelurus digitatus'' (Sm.) Griseb. - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syr ...

Rhytachne ''Rhytachne'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family. They grow principally in wet savannahs in Africa and the Americas. More specifically, they tend to prefer transitional zones between marshes and drier upland savannahs. In the Ameri ...

Rottboellia ''Rottboellia'' (commonly called itch grass) is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family. The genus was named in honour of Danish botanist Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727-1797). Species 24 species are accepted. * '' R ...

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Panicoideae Grasses of Africa Grasses of Asia Grasses of Europe Grasses of North America Grasses of Oceania Grasses of South America Poaceae genera {{Panicoideae-stub