Plagiantha

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Plagiantha is a genus of Brazilian plants in the grass family.Renvoize, Stephen Andrew 1982. A new genus and several new species of grasses from Bahia (Brazil). Kew Bull. 37(2): 323–333Renvoize, S. A. 1984. Grasses of Bahia 1–301. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00490.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora] The only known species is Plagiantha tenella, native to the state of Bahia in eastern Brazil.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=434610 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-434610 The Plant List, Plagiantha tenella Renvoize ]