Gilgiochloa

Gilgiochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family.^[2][3]

Gilgiochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Tribe:	Tristachyideae
Genus:	Gilgiochloa Pilg.
Species:	G. indurata
Binomial name
Gilgiochloa indurata Pilg.
Synonyms[1]
Gilgiochloa alopecuroides Peter

The genus is named after German botanist Ernest Friedrich Gilg (1867–1933) by Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger.

The only known species is Gilgiochloa indurata, native to Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia.^{[1][4][5][6][7]}