Diplachne is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread over much of the world.[1][2]
Species
- Diplachne cuspidata Launert – Namibia
- Diplachne fascicularis (Lam.) P.Beauv. – North America, West Indies, South America
- Diplachne festuciformis H.Scholz – Libya
- Diplachne fusca (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. – North America, West Indies, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia
- Diplachne gigantea Launert – Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Botswana
Formerly included
over 100 species once considered part of Diplachne but now considered better suited to other genera: Bewsia Catapodium Cleistogenes Disakisperma Enteropogon Eragrostis Festuca Gouinia Leptocarydion Leptochloa Neyraudia Odyssea Orinus Pogonarthria Psilolemma Trichoneura Tripogon Triraphis Verticordia
References
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. Essai d’une Nouvelle Agrostographie 80-81 description in Latin, commentary in French
- ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. Essai d’une Nouvelle Agrostographie 80-81 line drawing of flowers of Diplachne fascicularis