''Triraphis'' is a

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n, and

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ian 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 ...

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Triraphis andropogonoides ''Triraphis'' is a genus of African, Arabian, Australian, and Brazilian plants in the grass family. Needlegrass is a common name for plants in this genus. ; Species * '' Triraphis andropogonoides'' (Steud.) E.Phillips, - South Africa, Botswana, ...

'' (Steud.) E.Phillips, - South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho * ''

Triraphis compacta ''Triraphis'' is a genus of African, Arabian, Australian, and Brazilian plants in the grass family. Needlegrass is a common name for plants in this genus. ; Species * ''Triraphis andropogonoides'' (Steud.) E.Phillips, - South Africa, Botswana, N ...

'' Cope, - Ethiopia * '' Triraphis devia'' Filg. & Zuloaga, - State of

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Triraphis mollis ''Triraphis'' is a genus of African, Arabian, Australian, and Brazilian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. Needlegrass is a common name for plants in this genus. ; Species * ''Triraphis andropogonoides'' (Steud.) E.Phillips, - South Africa, Bo ...

'' R.Br., - Australia (Northern Territory plus all states except Tasmania); naturalized in Britain, Belgium, Texas * ''

Triraphis pumilio ''Triraphis'' is a genus of African, Arabian, Australian, and Brazilian plants in the grass family. Needlegrass is a common name for plants in this genus. ; Species * ''Triraphis andropogonoides'' (Steud.) E.Phillips, - South Africa, Botswana, N ...

'' R.Br., - Angola, Namibia, Sahara, Arabian Pen * ''

Triraphis purpurea ''Triraphis'' is a genus of African, Arabian, Australian, and Brazilian plants in the grass family. Needlegrass is a common name for plants in this genus. ; Species * ''Triraphis andropogonoides'' (Steud.) E.Phillips, - South Africa, Botswana, N ...

'' Hack., - Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana * '' Triraphis ramosissima'' Hack., - Angola, Namibia, South Africa * ''

Triraphis schinzii ''Triraphis'' is a genus of African, Arabian, Australian, and Brazilian plants in the grass family. Needlegrass is a common name for plants in this genus. ; Species * ''Triraphis andropogonoides'' (Steud.) E.Phillips, - South Africa, Botswana, N ...

'' Hack., Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia ; formerly included see ''

Cortaderia ''Cortaderia'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae or grass family of plants. All current species included in the ''Cortaderia'' genus are native to South and Central America, ranging from the Patagonia region of southern Chile and Argentina, ...

Crinipes ''Crinipes'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae−grass family native to central Africa. Species Species of ''Crinipes'' include: * '' Crinipes abyssinicus'' (Hochst. ex A. Braun) Hochst. — endemic to Ethiopia * '' Crinipes longifolius'' C. ...

Eriachne ''Eriachne'', commonly known as Wanderrie grass, is a genus of plants in the grass family. Most of the species are found only in Australia, with the ranges of a few extending northward into New Guinea, parts of Asia, and Micronesia. It is found ...

Nematopoa ''Nematopoa'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Nematopoa longipes'', native to Zambia and Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Re ...

Pentameris ''Pentameris'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Africa, with a few species in Yemen and on certain islands in the Indian Ocean. A significant number of species are endemic to South Africa.Linder, Hans Peter, et al. 2 ...

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Chloridoideae Poaceae genera {{Chloridoideae-stub