Cleistochloa

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Dimorphochloa rigida.jpg

|display_parents = 4

|taxon = Cleistochloa

|authority = C.E.Hubb.

|type_species_authority = C.E.Hubb.

|type_species = Cleistochloa subjuncea

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451269 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

|synonyms =

• Dimorphochloa S.T.Blake

}}

Cleistochloa is a genus of bunchgrasses in the family Poaceae, found in southwestern in Oceania.

They are native to Australia and New Guinea (island).Hubbard, Charles Edward. 1933. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 33: plate 3209[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00140.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]