Acroceras

Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence of racemes borne on a central axis. Spikelets in pairs, dorsally or weakly laterally flattened; lower glume 1/2 to 3/4 length of spikelet; upper glume and lower lemma thickened and laterally flattened at apex as if nipped by pincers; upper lemma dorsally flattened, crustaceous, with a little green crest at apex; palea usually with reflexed trip protruding slightly from lemma.

Acroceras is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family.

The genus is widespread across warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with a high amount of diversity in Madagascar.

Species Acroceras amplectens Acroceras attenuatum Acroceras boivinii Acroceras bosseri Acroceras calcicola Acroceras chaseae Acroceras diffusum Acroceras elegans Acroceras excavatum Acroceras fluminense Acroceras gabunense Acroceras hubbardii Acroceras ivohibense Acroceras lateriticum Acroceras macrum Acroceras mandrarense Acroceras manongarivense Acroceras munroanum Acroceras parvulum Acroceras paucispicata Acroceras sambiranense Acroceras seyrigii Acroceras tenuicaule Acroceras tonkinense Acroceras zizanioides formerly included

see Brachiaria Panicum

Acroceras paucispicatum - Brachiaria paucispicata Acroceras pilgerianum - Panicum pilgerianum