''Sacciolepis'' 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 ...

. Cupscale grass is a common name for plants in this genus. They are widespread in

tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly overhead. This is because of Earth's ax ...

and warmer temperate regions. Many are native to Africa, with others in Asia, Australia, 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 ...

.Judziewicz, E. J. (1990)
A new South American species of ''Sacciolepis'' (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae), with a summary of the genus in the New World.
''Systematic Botany'' 15(3) 415-20.Simon, B. K. (1972)
A revision of the genus ''Sacciolepis'' (Gramineae) in the 'Flora Zambesiaca' area.
''Kew Bulletin'' 27(3) 387-406.Wipff, J. K

Grass Manual. Flora of North America. These species are annual or perennial and may have

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s or

stolon In biology, a stolon ( from Latin ''wikt:stolo, stolō'', genitive ''stolōnis'' – "branch"), also known as a runner, is a horizontal connection between parts of an organism. It may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton. Typically, animal ...

s. The

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is usually a narrow, dense panicle. They generally grow in moist habitat, such as marshes and streambanks. ''Sacciolepis'' is closely related to genus ''

Panicum ''Panicum'' (panicgrass) is a large genus of about 250 species of Poaceae, grasses native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone. They are often large, Annual plant, annual or P ...

''. ; Species''Sacciolepis'' Species List.
Germplasm Resources Information Network.Quattrocchi, U. ''CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology, Volume 1''. CRC Press. 2006. pg. 1937. * '' Sacciolepis africana'' - Africa from Senegal to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar * '' Sacciolepis angustissima'' - from the Guianas to Bolivia + Peru * '' Sacciolepis antsirabensis'' - Madagascar * '' Sacciolepis arenaria'' - Angola * '' Sacciolepis catumbensis'' - Angola, Zambia * '' Sacciolepis chevalieri'' - Africa from Senegal to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar * '' Sacciolepis ciliocincta'' - Africa from Senegal to Sudan + Congo Rep * '' Sacciolepis cingularis'' - Sudan, Chad, Congo Rep * '' Sacciolepis clatrata'' - Central African Rep * '' Sacciolepis curvata'' - eastern + southeastern Africa from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal; Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka * '' Sacciolepis cymbiandra'' - West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria * '' Sacciolepis fenestrata'' - Thailand * '' Sacciolepis indica'' - glenwood grass, Chase's glenwood grass, Indian cupscale grass - Africa from Guinea to Cape Province; Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, Indian Subcontinent, East + Southeast Asia, Australia; naturalized in New Zealand, southeastern USA, scattered places in Latin America and Pacific * '' Sacciolepis interrupta'' - tropical Asia, tropical Africa * '' Sacciolepis leptorachis'' - tropical Africa * '' Sacciolepis micrococca'' - tropical Africa, Madagascar * '' Sacciolepis myosuroides'' - tropical Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia, Australia * '' Sacciolepis myuros'' - tropical America from central Mexico to Trinidad + Bolivia * '' Sacciolepis otachyrioides'' - Colombia (Meta), Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Guárico), Guyana (Rupununi), Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima) * '' Sacciolepis seslerioides'' - Congo Rep, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola * '' Sacciolepis striata'' - southeastern USA from Texas to Delaware;Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
/ref> Greater Antilles, Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco), Central America, Trinidad, Venezuela, Guianas, Amapá * '' Sacciolepis tenuissima'' - Thailand * '' Sacciolepis transbarbata'' - Tanzania, Burundi, Zaire, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, Zimbabwe * '' Sacciolepis typhura'' - Africa from Ivory Coast to Eswatini * '' Sacciolepis viguieri'' - Madagascar * '' Sacciolepis vilvoides'' - Cuba, South America from Venezuela to Uruguay ; formerly included see '' Hymenachne

'' * ''Sacciolepis aurita - Panicum auritum'' * ''Sacciolepis donacifolia - Hymenachne donacifolia'' * ''Sacciolepis insulicola - Panicum auritum'' * ''Sacciolepis longissima - Panicum longissimum'' * ''Sacciolepis polymorpha - Panicum auritum'' * ''Sacciolepis semienensis - Panicum hymeniochilum''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3232312 Panicoideae Poaceae genera Grasses of Africa