Pseudechinolaena is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family, all but one species endemic to Madagascar.Stapf, Otto. 1919. Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 494Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1897. Flora of British India 7(21): 28, 58Grassbase - The World Online Grass FloraFlora of China Vol. 22 Page 500 钩毛草属 gou mao cao shu Pseudechinolaena Stapf, Prain, Fl. Trop. Africa. 9: 494. 1919.
SpeciesThe Plant List search for Pseudechinolaena Pseudechinolaena camusiana Bosser - Madagascar Pseudechinolaena madagascariensis (A.Camus) Bosser - Madagascar Pseudechinolaena moratii Bosser - Madagascar Pseudechinolaena perrieri A.Camus - Madagascar Pseudechinolaena polystachya (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Stapf - tropical - southern Africa, Asia (China, Indian subcontinent, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia), New Guinea, Latin America (from central Mexico to Uruguay) Pseudechinolaena tenuis Bosser - Madagascar
Formerly included see Echinochloa Pseudechinolaena helodes - Echinochloa helodes Pseudechinolaena inflexa - Echinochloa inflexa Pseudechinolaena spectabilis - Echinochloa polystachya
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