Harpachne

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Harpachne schimperi - Botanischer Garten, Dresden, Germany - DSC08433.JPG

|image_caption = Harpachne schimperi

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|taxon = Harpachne

|authority = Hochst. ex A.Rich.

|type_species_authority = Hochst. ex A.Rich.

|type_species = Harpachne schimperi

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Harpachne is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6674935#page/432/mode/1up Richard, Achille. 1850. Tentamen florae Abyssinicae :seu, Enumeratio plantarum hucusque in plerisque Abyssiniae provinciis detectarum et praecipue a beatis doctoribus Richard Quartin Dillon et Antonio Petit (annis 1838-1843) lectarum, pages 431-432] description in Latin, commentary in French[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00275.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]

; Species[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Harpachne The Plant List search for Harpachne]

• Harpachne bogdanii Kenn.-O'Byrne – Kenya
• Harpachne harpachnoides (Hack.) B.S.Sun & S.Wang – China (Sichuan, Yunnan)
• Harpachne schimperi A.Rich. – Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe