Coelachyrum

Coelachyrum is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.^[2][3][4]

Species^[1][5]

• Coelachyrum brevifolium Hochst. & Nees - Algeria, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf sheikdoms
• Coelachyrum lagopoides (Burm.f.) Senaratna - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
• Coelachyrum longiglume Napper - Somalia, Kenya Tanzania
• Coelachyrum piercei (Benth.) Bor - Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf sheikdoms, Pakistan
• Coelachyrum poiflorum Chiov. - Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia,

formerly included^[1]

Coelachyrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:	Eleusininae
Genus:	Coelachyrum Hochst. & Nees
Type species
Coelachyrum brevifolium Hochst. & Nees
Synonyms[1]
Coelachyropsis Bor Coelochloa Steud. Cypholepis Chiov.

see Aeluropus Desmazeria

• Coelachyrum annuum - Desmazeria philistaea
• Coelachyrum indicum - Aeluropus lagopoides
• Coelachyrum yemenicum - Disakisperma yemenicum^[6]