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Eriochrysis
Eriochrysis cayennensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Andropogonodae
Tribe:	Andropogoneae
Subtribe:	Saccharinae
Genus:	Eriochrysis P.Beauv.
Type species
Eriochrysis cayennensis P.Beauv.
Synonyms
Leptosaccharum (Hack.) A.Camus

Eriochrysis is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.

Species

• Eriochrysis brachypogon (Stapf) Stapf - tropical + southern Africa - from Senegal to Eswatini
• Eriochrysis cayennensis P.Beauv. - tropical Americas from Chiapas to Uruguay
• Eriochrysis × concepcionensis Killeen - Bolivia, Brazil (E. cayennensis × E. laxa)
• Eriochrysis filiformis (Hack.) Filg. - Brazil, Paraguay
• Eriochrysis holcoides (Nees) Kuhlm. - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
• Eriochrysis laxa Swallen - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
• Eriochrysis pallida Munro - tropical + southern Africa - from Guinea to KwaZulu-Natal
• Eriochrysis purpurata (Rendle) Stapf - tropical Africa from Congo Rep to Zimbabwe
• Eriochrysis rangacharii C.E.C.Fisch. - Tamil Nadu
• Eriochrysis villosa Swallen - Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
• Eriochrysis warmingiana (Hack.) Kuhlm. - Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia

formerly included

see Miscanthus Saccharum

• Eriochrysis attenuata - Miscanthus fuscus
• Eriochrysis fusca - Miscanthus fuscus
• Eriochrysis giordaniana - Saccharum narenga
• Eriochrysis longifolia - Saccharum fallax
• Eriochrysis narenga - Saccharum narenga
• Eriochrysis porphyrocoma - Saccharum narenga