Ancistrachne

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Ancistrachne uncinulata 2.jpg

|image_caption =Ancistrachne uncinulata

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|taxon = Ancistrachne

|authority = S.T.Blake

|type_species_authority = (R.Br.) S.T.Blake

|type_species = Ancistrachne uncinulata

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Ancistrachne is a genus of plants in the grass family.{{cite web|url=http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/an_achne.htm |title=The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references |accessdate=2009-08-19 |author=Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. |date=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World }}[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00034.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]

; Species[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=391889 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Ancistrachne The Plant List search for Ancistrachne]Blake, Stanley Thatcher 1941. Papers from the Department of Biology, University of Queensland Papers 1(19): 4-6

• Ancistrachne ancylotricha (Quisumb. & Merr.) S.T.Blake - Philippines
• Ancistrachne maidenii (A.A.Ham.) Vickery - New South Wales
• Ancistrachne numaeensis (Balansa) S.T.Blake - New Caledonia
• Ancistrachne uncinulata (R.Br.) S.T.Blake - Queensland, New South Wales; introduced in Fiji