Poecilostachys

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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|taxon = Poecilostachys

|authority = Hack.

|type_species_authority = Hack.

|type_species = Poecilostachys hildebrandtii

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=437776 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

|synonyms =

• Chloachne Stapf

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Poecilostachys is a genus of African plants in the grass family, several of the species found only in Madagascar.Hackel, Eduard. 1884. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe, Abteilung 1 89: 131Humbert, H. 1955. Une merveille de la nature à Madagascar. Première exploration botanique du Massif du Marojejy et de ses satellites. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Série B, Biologie Végétale 6: 1–272.Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557.[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00498.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]

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

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• Poecilostachys ambositrensis A.Camus
• Poecilostachys bakeri (Schinz) C.E.Hubb.
• Poecilostachys baronis Stapf
• Poecilostachys confertiflora A.Camus
• Poecilostachys geminata (Baker) Hack.
• Poecilostachys hildebrandtii Hack.
• Poecilostachys humbertii A.Camus
• Poecilostachys mainborondroensis A.Camus
• Poecilostachys manongarivensis A.Camus
• Poecilostachys marojejyensis A.Camus
• Poecilostachys mollis Stapf
• Poecilostachys muscicola A.Camus
• Poecilostachys oplismenoides (Hack.) Clayton
• Poecilostachys tsaratananensis A.Camus
• Poecilostachys viguieri A.Camus

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; formerly included

see Oplismenus

• Poecilostachys stapfii - Oplismenus flavicomus