Acroceras
Genus of grasses
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Acroceras is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family.[2][3][4][5]
| Acroceras | |
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| Acroceras hubbardii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Panicodae |
| Tribe: | Paniceae |
| Subtribe: | Boivinellinae |
| Genus: | Acroceras Stapf |
| Type species | |
| Acroceras oryzoides (syn of A. zizanioides)[1] Stapf | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The genus is widespread across warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with a high amount of diversity in Madagascar.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
- Species[1]
- Acroceras amplectens
- Acroceras attenuatum
- Acroceras boivinii
- Acroceras bosseri
- Acroceras calcicola
- Acroceras chaseae
- Acroceras diffusum
- Acroceras elegans
- Acroceras excavatum
- Acroceras fluminense
- Acroceras gabunense
- Acroceras hubbardii
- Acroceras ivohibense
- Acroceras lateriticum
- Acroceras macrum
- Acroceras mandrarense
- Acroceras manongarivense
- Acroceras munroanum
- Acroceras parvulum
- Acroceras paucispicata
- Acroceras sambiranense
- Acroceras seyrigii
- Acroceras tenuicaule
- Acroceras tonkinense
- Acroceras zizanioides
- formerly included[1]
see Brachiaria Panicum
- Acroceras paucispicatum - Brachiaria paucispicata
- Acroceras pilgerianum - Panicum pilgerianum
