Acroceras is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family.Stapf, Otto. 1920. Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 621Tropicos, Acroceras Stapf Grassbase - The World Online Grass FloraCamus, A. 1946. Lepturus, Acroceras et Brachiaria nouveaux de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 93: 86–89
The genus is widespread across warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with a high amount of diversity in Madagascar.Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. (eds.) 2011. Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 9–939. Universidad de Antioquia, MedellínClayton, W. D. & S. A. Renvoize. 1982. Gramineae (Part 3). 451–898. In R. M. Polhill (ed.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, RotterdamZon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557.Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, CalcuttaAhmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
Species
formerly included see Brachiaria Panicum Acroceras paucispicatum - Brachiaria paucispicata Acroceras pilgerianum - Panicum pilgerianum
See also List of Poaceae genera
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