Diplachne

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

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.

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