Whiteochloa

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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|taxon = Whiteochloa

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|type_species = Whiteochloa semitonsa

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Whiteochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family.Hubbard, Charles Edward. 1952. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 62: 111[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40025971 Tropicos, Whiteochloa C.E. Hubb.][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00687.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]

The genus is native to Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia. It is named for Australian botanist Cyril Tenison White, 1890–1950.[http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/whiteochloa-0 Aurgrass2, Grasses of Australia]

;Species[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=450141 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Whiteochloa The Plant List search for Whiteochloa][http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:415107 Atlas of Living Australia]

1. Whiteochloa airoides (R.Br.) Lazarides - Northern Territory, QLD, Western Australia
2. Whiteochloa biciliata Lazarides - Western Australia
3. Whiteochloa capillipes (Benth.) Lazarides - New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Northern Territory, QLD, Western Australia
4. Whiteochloa cymbiformis (Hughes) B.K.Simon - Northern Territory, QLD, Western Australia, New South Wales
5. Whiteochloa multiciliata Lazarides - Northern Territory,
6. Whiteochloa semitonsa (F.Muell. ex Benth.) C.E.Hubb. - Northern Territory, QLD