Acroceras

Acroceras
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)
Stapf
Synonyms
  • Commelinidium Stapf
  • Neohusnotia A.Camus
  • Setiacis S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin

Acroceras is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family.

The genus is widespread across warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with a high amount of diversity in Madagascar.

Species
  • 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

see Brachiaria Panicum

  • Acroceras paucispicatum - Brachiaria paucispicata
  • Acroceras pilgerianum - Panicum pilgerianum