Sacciolepis

Sacciolepis is a genus of plants in the grass family. Cupscale grass is a common name for plants in this genus.

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• American cupscale grass sacciolepis striata
• How to identify american cupscale grass sacciolepis striata
• References

They are widespread in tropical and warmer temperate regions. Many are native to Africa, with others in Asia, Australia, and the Americas.

These species are annual or perennial and may have rhizomes or stolons. The inflorescence is usually a narrow, dense panicle. They generally grow in moist habitat, such as marshes and streambanks. Sacciolepis is closely related to genus Panicum.

1. Sacciolepis africana - Africa from Senegal to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar
2. Sacciolepis angustissima - from the Guianas to Bolivia + Peru
3. Sacciolepis antsirabensis - Madagascar
4. Sacciolepis arenaria - Angola
5. Sacciolepis catumbensis - Angola, Zambia
6. Sacciolepis chevalieri - Africa from Senegal to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar
7. Sacciolepis ciliocincta - Africa from Senegal to Sudan + Congo Rep
8. Sacciolepis cingularis - Sudan, Chad, Congo Rep
9. Sacciolepis clatrata - Central African Rep
10. Sacciolepis curvata - eastern + southeastern Africa from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal; Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka
11. Sacciolepis cymbiandra - West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria
12. Sacciolepis fenestrata - Thailand
13. Sacciolepis indica - glenwood grass, Chase's glenwood grass, Indian cupscale grass - Africa from Guinea to Cape Province; Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, Indian Subcontinent, East + Southeast Asia, Australia; naturalized in New Zealand, southeastern USA, scattered places in Latin America and Pacific
14. Sacciolepis interrupta - tropical Asia, tropical Africa
15. Sacciolepis leptorachis - tropical Africa
16. Sacciolepis micrococca - tropical Africa, Madagascar
17. Sacciolepis myosuroides - tropical Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia, Australia
18. Sacciolepis myuros - tropical America from central Mexico to Trinidad + Bolivia
19. Sacciolepis otachyrioides - Colombia (Meta), Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Guárico), Guyana (Rupununi), Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima)
20. Sacciolepis seslerioides - Congo Rep, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola
21. Sacciolepis striata - southeastern USA from Texas to Delaware; Greater Antilles, Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco), Central America, Trinidad, Venezuela, Guianas, Amapá
22. Sacciolepis tenuissima - Thailand
23. Sacciolepis transbarbata - Tanzania, Burundi, Zaire, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, Zimbabwe
24. Sacciolepis typhura - Africa from Ivory Coast to Swaziland
25. Sacciolepis viguieri - Madagascar
26. Sacciolepis vilvoides - Cuba, South America from Venezuela to Uruguay

see Hymenachne Panicum