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Diplachne

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Diplachne
Diplachne fusca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Diplachne
P.Beauv. 1812, not R.Br. ex. Desf. 1819 (Myrtaceae)
Type species
Diplachne fascicularis

Diplachne is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread over much of the world.[1][2]

Species

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Formerly included

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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

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