Diplachne is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread over much of the world.Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 80-81 description in Latin, commentary in FrenchPalisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 80-81 line drawing of flowers of Diplachne fascicularis
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
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