''Zeugites'' is a

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of flowering plants in the family

Poaceae 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 cultivate ...

. Its species are native to the

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, and

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Species

Species of ''Zeugites'' include: * ''

Zeugites americanus ''Zeugites americanus'', synonyms including ''Zeugites pringlei'', is a species of grass found from Mexico through Central America and northern and western South America to Bolivia, and in the Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region ...

'' Willd. - from Mexico to Bolivia, and

Greater Antilles The Greater Antilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica, together with Navassa Island and the Cayman Islands. Seven island states share the region of the Greater Antille ...

in Caribbean * '' Zeugites capillaris'' (Hitchc.) Swallen - Jalisco, Colima, México State, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz (México). * '' Zeugites hackelii'' Swallen - Michoacán, Sinaloa, Jalisco, México State (México). * '' Zeugites hintonii'' Hartley - México State * '' Zeugites latifolius'' (E.Fourn.) Hemsl. - Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas (México), and Honduras * '' Zeugites munroanus'' Hemsl. - Guatemala, El Salvador; and Chiapas, Veracruz (México). * '' Zeugites panamensis'' Swallen - Costa Rica, Panama * '' Zeugites pittieri'' Hack. - from Chiapas (México) to Panama * '' Zeugites sagittatus'' Hartley - México State * '' Zeugites smilacifolius'' Scribn. - Michoacán, Morelos, México State, Guerrero, Jalisco (México). * '' Zeugites sylvaticus'' (Soderstr. & H.F.Decker) A.M.Soriano & Dávila - Panama, Colombia

References

External links

Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Panicoideae Poaceae genera Grasses of North America Grasses of Mexico Grasses of South America Flora of Central America Flora of the Caribbean {{Panicoideae-stub