Xerochloa

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

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|taxon = Xerochloa

|authority = R.Br.

|type_species_authority = R.Br.

|type_species = Xerochloa imberbis

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=450176 Kew World Checklist of selected Plant Families]

|synonyms =

• Kerinozoma Steud.

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Xerochloa is a genus of Australian and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2954352#page/64/mode/1up Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 196-197] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40027264 Tropicos, Xerochloa R. Br.]

; Species[http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/xerochloa-0 Ausgrass2, Grasses of Australia][http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/729 Florabase Western Australia Flora][http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVrigLdVU5wsAe4InnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTE0cmZlOGs0BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMTAEY29sbwNiZjEEdnRpZANZSFMwMDNfMQ--/RV=2/RE=1423285793/RO=10/RU=http://web3.dnp.go.th/botany/PDF/TFB/TFB37/TFB37_16.pdf/RK=0/RS=THxjI77EEZAXc3brzV4auHsru.E- Veldkamp, Jan Fritz. 2009. Xerlochloa (Gramineae, Paniceae) in Thailand. Thai Forestry Bulletin (Botany) 37:156-160]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Xerochloa Atlas of Living Australia]

• Xerochloa barbata R.Br. - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
• Xerochloa imberbis R.Br. - rice grass - Thailand, Java, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland
• Xerochloa laniflora Benth. - Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland

; formerly included

see Apluda

• Xerochloa latifolia - Apluda mutica