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''Polytoca'' 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
Indomalayan The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
and
Australasian 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 contexts, ...
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 ...
.Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 650 多裔草属 duo yi cao shu ''Polytoca'' R. Brown
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Species

11 species are accepted. *''
Polytoca biaurita ''Polytoca'' is a genus of Indomalayan and Australasian plants in the grass family. Species 11 species are accepted. *'' Polytoca biaurita'' – Philippines (Luzon) *'' Polytoca cyathopoda'' – New Guinea and northern Australia *''Polytoca ...
'' – Philippines (Luzon) *''
Polytoca cyathopoda ''Polytoca'' is a genus of Indomalayan and Australasian plants in the grass family. Species 11 species are accepted. *''Polytoca biaurita'' – Philippines (Luzon) *'' Polytoca cyathopoda'' – New Guinea and northern Australia *''Polytoca ...
'' – New Guinea and northern Australia *''
Polytoca digitata ''Polytoca'' is a genus of Indomalayan and Australasian 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 ...
'' (L.f.) Druce – southern China, eastern Himalayas, Andaman Islands, Indochina, Philippines, Java, and New Guinea *''
Polytoca gigantea ''Polytoca'' is a genus of Indomalayan and Australasian plants in the grass family. Species 11 species are accepted. *''Polytoca biaurita'' – Philippines (Luzon) *'' Polytoca cyathopoda'' – New Guinea and northern Australia *''Polytoca ...
'' – Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, and Java *''
Polytoca hubbardiana ''Polytoca'' is a genus of Indomalayan and Australasian plants in the grass family. Species 11 species are accepted. *''Polytoca biaurita'' – Philippines (Luzon) *''Polytoca cyathopoda'' – New Guinea and northern Australia *''Polytoca d ...
'' – eastern Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, and northern Australia *''
Polytoca javanica ''Polytoca'' is a genus of Indomalayan and Australasian plants in the grass family. Species 11 species are accepted. *'' Polytoca biaurita'' – Philippines (Luzon) *'' Polytoca cyathopoda'' – New Guinea and northern Australia *''Polytoca ...
'' – eastern Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands *''
Polytoca macrophylla ''Polytoca'' is a genus of Indomalayan realm, Indomalayan and Australasian realm, Australasian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. Species 11 species are accepted. *''Polytoca biaurita'' – Philippines (Luzon) *''Polytoca cyathopoda'' –  ...
'' – Maluku and Papuasia *''
Polytoca massiei ''Polytoca'' is a genus of Indomalayan and Australasian plants in the grass family. Species 11 species are accepted. *'' Polytoca biaurita'' – Philippines (Luzon) *'' Polytoca cyathopoda'' – New Guinea and northern Australia *''Polytoca ...
'' – Indochina and Hainan *''
Polytoca punctata ''Polytoca'' is a genus of Indomalayan and Australasian plants in the grass family. Species 11 species are accepted. *'' Polytoca biaurita'' – Philippines (Luzon) *'' Polytoca cyathopoda'' – New Guinea and northern Australia *''Polytoca ...
'' – Indochina, Philippines, Java, and the Lesser Sunda Islands *''
Polytoca semiteres ''Polytoca'' is a genus of Indomalayan realm, Indomalayan and Australasian realm, Australasian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. Species 11 species are accepted. *''Polytoca biaurita'' – Philippines (Luzon) *''Polytoca cyathopoda'' –  ...
'' – western and southern India and Myanmar *''
Polytoca wallichiana ''Polytoca'' is a genus of Indomalayan and Australasian plants in the grass family. Species 11 species are accepted. *'' Polytoca biaurita'' – Philippines (Luzon) *'' Polytoca cyathopoda'' – New Guinea and northern Australia *''Polytoca ...
'' (Nees ex Steud.) Benth. – eastern Himalayas, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam


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Cleistochloa ''Cleistochloa'' is a genus of bunchgrasses in the family Poaceae.Hubbard, Charles Edward. 1933. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 33: plate 3209 It includes three species native to New Guinea and eastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wales). Spe ...
'' and ''
Trilobachne ''Trilobachne'' is a genus of South Asian plants in the grass family. ; Species The only known species is ''Trilobachne cookei'', native to Myanmar and to India (Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and unio ...
''Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Cleistochloa sclerachne ''Cleistochloa'' is a genus of bunchgrasses in the family Poaceae.Hubbard, Charles Edward. 1933. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 33: plate 3209 It includes three species native to New Guinea and eastern Australia (Queensland and New South Wales). Spe ...
'' (as ''Polytoca sclerachne'' ) * ''
Trilobachne cookei ''Trilobachne'' is a genus of South Asian plants in the grass family. ; Species The only known species is ''Trilobachne cookei'', native to Myanmar and to India (Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and unio ...
'' (as ''Polytoca cookei'' )


References

Poaceae genera Andropogoneae Taxa described in 1838 Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) {{Panicoideae-stub