''Echinolaena'' is a genus of plants in tribe
Paspaleae
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of the
grass family
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, native to the
New World
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tropics.
Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin 1813. Journal de Botanique, Appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts 1: 75
in LatinIchnanthus
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'', '' Oedochloa'' and the more distant '' Chasechloa'' (tribe Paniceae
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) in a 2015 revision.[
* '' Echinolaena gracilis'' - from ]Yucatán
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...
to Bolivia
* '' Echinolaena inflexa'' - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Mato Grosso
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, Mato Grosso do Sul
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, Minas Gerais
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, Bahia
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, Goiás
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, D.F., São Paulo
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, Maranhão
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; formerly included
References
Paspaleae
Grasses of North America
Grasses of South America
Poaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux
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