Cyphochlaena

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

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|taxon = Cyphochlaena

|authority = Hack.

|type_species = Cyphochlaena madagascariensis

|type_species_authority = Hack.

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=451331 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

|synonyms =

• Boivinella A.Camus

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Cyphochlaena is a genus of plants in the grass family native to certain islands in the Indian Ocean.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9205739#page/471/mode/1up Hackel, Eduard. 1901. Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 51: 465-467] descriptions in Latin, commentary in GermanBosser, J. 1965. Notes sur les Graminees de Madagascar, II. Sur l'identite des genres Boivinella A. Camus et Cyphochlaena Hack. Adansonia, n.s. 5: 411–413

; Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Cyphochlaena The Plant List search for Cyphochlaena]

• Cyphochlaena madagascariensis Hack. - Comoros, Madagascar
• Cyphochlaena sclerioides (A.Camus) Bosser - Madagascar