Anthaenantia

Anthaenantia is a New World genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America including the West Indies.^[3][4][5] The genus name is sometimes spelled Anthenanthia or Anthenantia.^[6]

Anthaenantia
Anthaenantia villosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Andropogonodae
Tribe:	Paspaleae
Subtribe:	Paspalinae
Genus:	Anthaenantia P.Beauv.
Type species
Anthaenantia villosa (Michx.) P.Beauv.
Synonyms[1][2]
Aulaxanthus Elliott Aulaxia Nutt. Leptocoryphium Nees

Species

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• Anthaenantia lanata (Kunth) Benth. - from Mexico + Greater Antilles to Uruguay
• Anthaenantia rufa (Elliott) Schult. - southeastern + south-central United States (Texas to North Carolina)
• Anthaenantia villaregalis (McVaugh & R.Guzman) Espejo & López-Ferr. - Jalisco
• Anthaenantia villosa (Michx.) P.Beauv. - southeastern + south-central United States (Texas to North Carolina)

formerly included

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see Axonopus Digitaria Tricholaena

• Anthaenantia asiatica - Digitaria setifolia
• Anthaenantia columbiensis - Axonopus scoparius
• Anthaenantia gigantea - Axonopus scoparius
• Anthaenantia glauca - Tricholaena capensis subsp. arenaria
• Anthaenantia hackelii - Digitaria phaeothrix
• Anthaenantia hagenbeckiana - Axonopus suffultus