Diplachne

Diplachne
Diplachne fusca
Scientific 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 (Lam.) P.Beauv.

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

1. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 80-81 description in Latin, commentary in French
2. Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 80-81 line drawing of flowers of Diplachne fascicularis