Acrachne
Encyclopedia
Acrachne is a genus
of grass in the Poaceae
family. Species in the genus are commonly known as goosegrass.
Species
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of grass in the Poaceae
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
family. Species in the genus are commonly known as goosegrass.
Species
- Acrachne eleusinoides Wight & Arn. ex Steudel
- Acrachne henrardiana (Bor.) S.M. Phillips
- Acrachne perrieri (A.Camus) S.M. Phillips
- Acrachne racemosa (B.Heyne ex Roem. & Schult) Ohwi
- Acrachne sundararajii Umamaheswri, Muthukumar & P. Daniel
- Acrachne vatovae Chiov.
- Acrachne verticillata (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. ex Chiov.