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Eustachys

Fan grass
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Eustachys petraea
Midway Atoll, Pacific Ocean
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Eustachys
Desv. 1810 not Salisb. 1866 (syn of Ornithogalum)
Type species
Eustachys petraea
(Sw.) Desv.
Synonyms
  • Schultesia Spreng.
  • Chloroides Fisch. ex Regel

Eustachys (fan grass or fingergrass) is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. It is native primarily to warmer parts of the Americas, with a few species in Africa and Asia.

Species include:

Some species formerly under Eustachys are under the genera Chloris or Ornithogalum, they include:


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