Myriostachya

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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| genus = Myriostachya

| parent_authority = (Benth.) Hook.f.

| species = wightiana

| authority = (Nees ex Steud.) Hook.f.

| synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/acceptedRef.do?name_id=425383 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

| synonyms =

• Eragrostis sect. Myriostachya Benth.
• Leptochloa wightiana Nees ex Steud
• Eragrostis wightiana (Nees ex Steud.) Benth.
• Festuca natans Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
• Dinebra verticillata Wight ex Steud.
• Myriostachya wightiana var. longispicula Hook.f.
• Myriostachya longispicula (Hook.f.) Senaratna

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Myriostachya is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family.[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00403.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora][https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/356697#page/336/mode/1up Hooker, Joseph Dalton. 1896. Flora of British India 7(22): 327-328] in English The only known species is Myriostachya wightiana, native to India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, and Peninsular Malaysia.Gilliland, H.B. (1971). A revised flora of Malaya 3: 1-319. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Singapore.Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.Dassanayake (ed.) (1994). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 8: 1-458. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.