''Rytidosperma'' 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 ...

. Most of the species occur in

Australasia Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia), and sometimes including New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia). The term is used in a number of different context ...

, with a few in insular

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

, southern South America (Chile, Argentina), and certain islands of the Pacific (

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

Easter Island Easter Island (, ; , ) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is renowned for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, ...

). Several are known by the general common name wallaby grass. ; Species ; formerly included see ''

Merxmuellera ''Merxmuellera'' is a genus of African grasses named for Hermann Merxmueller, a 20th century German botanist and taxonomist who was an expert on African flora. Species ''Merxmuellera'' contains the following species: * '' Merxmuellera ambalavao ...

Tenaxia'' * ''Rytidosperma davyi -

Merxmuellera davyi ''Merxmuellera'' is a genus of African Poaceae, grasses named for Hermann Merxmueller, a 20th century German botanist and taxonomist who was an expert on African flora. Species ''Merxmuellera'' contains the following species: * ''Merxmuellera am ...

'' * ''Rytidosperma distichum -

Tenaxia disticha ''Tenaxia'' is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Tenaxia aureocephala'' (J.G.Anderson) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder - KwaZulu-Natal * '' Tenaxia cachemyriana'' (Jaub. & Spach) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder - Afghanista ...

'' * ''Rytidosperma grandiflorum -

Merxmuellera grandiflora ''Merxmuellera'' is a genus of African Poaceae, grasses named for Hermann Merxmueller, a 20th century German botanist and taxonomist who was an expert on African flora. Species ''Merxmuellera'' contains the following species: * ''Merxmuellera am ...

'' * ''Rytidosperma subulatum -

Tenaxia subulata ''Tenaxia'' is a genus of Asian and African plants in the Poaceae, grass family. ; Species * ''Tenaxia aureocephala'' (J.G.Anderson) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder - KwaZulu-Natal * ''Tenaxia cachemyriana'' (Jaub. & Spach) N.P.Barker & H.P.Linder - Afg ...

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Grasses of Asia Grasses of Oceania Grasses of South America Poaceae genera {{Poaceae-stub