Diplachne Explained

Diplachne is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread over much of the world.^{[1] [2]}

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394159#page/164/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 80-81
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394159#page/301/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 80-81