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
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
n and
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeogra ...
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 ...
Eriochrysis brachypogon
''Eriochrysis'' is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.
; Species
* '' Eriochrysis brachypogon'' (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Eswatini
* ''Eriochrysis cayennensis'' P.Beauv. - tropical Am ...
'' (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Eswatini
* ''
Eriochrysis cayennensis
''Eriochrysis'' is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the Poaceae, grass family.
; Species
* ''Eriochrysis brachypogon'' (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Eswatini
* ''Eriochrysis cayennensis'' P.Beauv. - tro ...
'' P.Beauv. - tropical Americas from
Chiapas
Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It comprises Municipalities of Chiapas, 124 municipalities and its capital and large ...
to Uruguay
* ''
Eriochrysis × concepcionensis
''Eriochrysis'' is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.
; Species
* '' Eriochrysis brachypogon'' (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Eswatini
* ''Eriochrysis cayennensis'' P.Beauv. - tropical Am ...
'' Killeen - Bolivia, Brazil ''(E. cayennensis × E. laxa)''
* ''
Eriochrysis filiformis
''Eriochrysis'' is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.
; Species
* '' Eriochrysis brachypogon'' (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Eswatini
* ''Eriochrysis cayennensis'' P.Beauv. - tropical Am ...
Eriochrysis laxa
''Eriochrysis'' is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.
; Species
* '' Eriochrysis brachypogon'' (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Eswatini
* ''Eriochrysis cayennensis'' P.Beauv. - tropical Am ...
'' Swallen - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
* '' Eriochrysis pallida'' Munro - tropical + southern Africa - from Guinea to
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN) is a Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu people, Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu language, Zulu) and ...
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
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Eriochrysis villosa
''Eriochrysis'' is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.
; Species
* '' Eriochrysis brachypogon'' (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Eswatini
* ''Eriochrysis cayennensis'' P.Beauv. - tropical Am ...
'' Swallen - Brazil (
Paraná Paraná, Paranã or Parana may refer to:
Geology
* Paraná Basin, a sedimentary basin in South America
Places In Argentina
*Paraná, Entre Ríos, a city
* Paraná Department, a part of Entre Ríos Province
In Brazil
*Paraná (state), a state ...
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, ; ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative units of Brazil#List, fifth-most populous state and the List of Brazilian s ...
)
* ''
Eriochrysis warmingiana
''Eriochrysis'' is a genus of Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Eart ...
'' (Hack.) Kuhlm. - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia
; formerly included
see ''
Miscanthus
''Miscanthus'', or silvergrass'','' is a genus of African, Eurasian, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family, Poaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words "''miskos"'', meaning "stem", and "''anthos"'', meaning "flower", in reference ...
Saccharum
''Saccharum'' is a genus of tall perennial plants of the broomsedge tribe within the grass family.
The genus is widespread across tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions in Africa, Eurasia, Australia, the Americas, and assorted ocean ...