Megastachya

Megastachya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Tribe:	Centotheceae
Genus:	Megastachya; P.Beauv.
Type species
	Megastachya owariensis; (syn of M. mucronata); P.Beauv.
Synonyms
	Magastachya P.Beauv., alternate spelling; Eragrostis unranked Megastachya (P. Beauv.) Nees; Eragrostis sect. Megastachya (P. Beauv.) Benth.; Eragrostis ser. Megastachyae (P. Beauv.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Eragrostis subsect. Megastachya (P. Beauv.) Benth.;

Megastachya is a genus of African plants in the grass family.

Megastachya madagascariensis (Lam.) Chase – Madagascar
Megastachya mucronata (Poir.) P.Beauv. – Madagascar, South Africa, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, etc.

numerous species once regarded as part of Megastachya but now considered better suited to other genera: Catapodium Desmostachya Distichlis Enteropogon Eragrostis Glyceria Halopyrum Leptochloa Poa