Tricholaena is a genus of Asian, African, and Italian plants in the grass family.Schrader, Heinrich Adolph. 1824. Mantissa 2: 8, 163-165 in LatinGrassbase - The World Online Grass FloraFlora of Pakistan, Tricholaena Schrad. in Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 2. Mant.: 163. 1824.
SpeciesThe Plant List search for Tricholaena Tricholaena capensis (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Nees - Free State, Namibia, Cape Province Tricholaena monachne (Trin.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - drier parts of Africa from Kenya to Cape Province; also Ghana, Togo, Madagascar, Réunion, Pakistan Tricholaena teneriffae (L.f.) Link - drier parts of Africa from Morocco to Egypt to Tanzania; Canary Islands; Cape Verde, Arabian Peninsula, Middle East, India, Pakistan, Calabria, SicilyAltervista Flora Italiana, Panico di Tenerife, Tricholaena teneriffae (L.f.) Link Tricholaena vestita (Balf.f.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - Socotra
formerly included see Brachiaria Digitaria Eriachne Melinis Miscanthus Paspalum Saccharum
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