''Sclerochloa'' is a

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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 ...

. Hardgrass is a common name for plants in this genus.

Species

*'' Sclerochloa dura'' (L.) P.Beauv. -

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Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

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Formerly included

numerous species now considered better suited to other genera: ''

Catapodium ''Catapodium'' is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the Poaceae, grass family. Species list The genus comprises the following species: * ''Catapodium demnatense'' (Murb.) Maire & Weiller - Morocco * ''Catapodium mamoraeum'' (Mair ...

Cutandia ''Cutandia'' is a genus of Asian and Mediterranean plant in the grass family. It grows from Portugal and Cape Verde to Pakistan and Kazakhstan. ; Species * '' Cutandia dichotoma'' (Forssk.) Trab. - Asia + Africa from Algeria to Iran * '' Cutand ...

Desmazeria ''Desmazeria'' is a genus of Mediterranean plants in the grass family, related to ''Catapodium''. The genus is named for John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières, (1796-1862) a French merchant, amateur botanist, and editor of scientific journals. ...

Festuca ''Festuca'' (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on ...

Poa ''Poa'' is a genus of about 570 species of Poaceae, grasses, native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres. Common names include meadow-grass (mainly in Europe and Asia), bluegrass (mainly in North America), tussock (some New Zealand spe ...

Puccinellia ''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in Saline water, saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions ...

Sphenopus ''Sphenopus'' (common name coastal grass), is a genus of Asian and Mediterranean plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Sphenopus divaricatus'' (Gouan) Rchb. - Mediterranean and adjacent regions from Canary Islands and Portugal to Tajikista ...

References

External links

Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Pooideae Poaceae genera Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois {{Pooideae-stub