Sphaerocaryum

Sphaerocaryum is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family.^[2][3][4][5] The only known species is Sphaerocaryum malaccense, native to southern China, Indochina, the Indian Subcontinent, Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines, and Sumatra.^[1][6] (Isachne pulchella was formerly included in this genus, as Sphaerocaryum pulchellum.^[1])

Sphaerocaryum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Micrairoideae
Tribe:	Isachneae
Genus:	Sphaerocaryum Nees ex Hook.f.
Species:	S. malaccense
Binomial name
Sphaerocaryum malaccense (Trin.) Pilg.
Synonyms[1]
Steudelella Honda Graya Arn. ex Steud. 1854, illegitimate homonym not Endl. 1841 (Amaranthaceae) Sphaerocaryum elegans Nees ex Steud. (type species) Panicum malaccense Trin. Agrostis malaccensis (Trin.) Willd. ex Kunth Graya elegans Arn. ex Steud. Panicum barbivaginale Hayata