Neotropical grasses

The list is based on names from Tropicos for Cajamarca Region, Peru, as that is the location of immediate interest to me.

Para Grass 4
Urochloa mutica
Red Natal Grass 5
Rhynchelytrum repens
Rosette-Panicgrasses 6
Dichanthelium
bur bristle grass 14
Setaria adhaerens
Large-spike Bristlegrass 15
Setaria macrostachya
marsh bristlegrass 16
Setaria parviflora
Plains Bristlegrass 18
Setaria vulpiseta
Shama millet 19
Echinochloa colona
Mexican panicgrass 20
Panicum hirticaule
Kikuyu grass 24
Pennisetum clandestinum
Pennisetum peruvianum 1
Cenchrus peruvianus
elephant grass 25
Pennisetum purpureum
Pennisetum latifolium 27
Cenchrus latifolius
Cup Grass 16
Eriochloa procera
Louisiana Cupgrass 8
Eriochloa punctata
Molasses Grass 16
Melinis minutiflora
Natal grass 28
Melinis repens
Asian Crabgrass 1
Digitaria bicornis
Arizona cottontop 29
Digitaria californica
Tropical Finger-grass 30
Digitaria ciliaris
Sourgrass 1
Digitaria insularis
Small-flowered Finger Grass 31
Digitaria parviflora

Edited by Ruth Ripley, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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