Cupscale Grass

Sacciolepis is a genus of plants in the grass family. Cupscale grass is a common name for plants in this genus.

They are widespread in tropical and warmer temperate regions. Many are native to Africa, with others in Asia, Australia, and the Americas.

These species are annual or perennial and may have rhizomes or stolons. The inflorescence is usually a narrow, dense panicle. They generally grow in moist habitat, such as marshes and streambanks. Sacciolepis is closely related to genus Panicum.

Species

Sacciolepis africana - Africa from Senegal to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar

Sacciolepis angustissima - from the Guianas to Bolivia + Peru

Sacciolepis antsirabensis - Madagascar

Sacciolepis arenaria - Angola

Sacciolepis catumbensis - Angola, Zambia

Sacciolepis chevalieri - Africa from Senegal to KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar

Sacciolepis ciliocincta - Africa from Senegal to Sudan + Congo Rep

Sacciolepis cingularis - Sudan, Chad, Congo Rep

Sacciolepis clatrata - Central African Rep

Sacciolepis curvata - eastern + southeastern Africa from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal; Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka

Sacciolepis cymbiandra - West Africa from Senegal to Nigeria

Sacciolepis fenestrata - Thailand

Sacciolepis indica - glenwood grass, Chase's glenwood grass, Indian cupscale grass - Africa from Guinea to Cape Province; Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, Indian Subcontinent, East + Southeast Asia, Australia; naturalized in New Zealand, southeastern USA, scattered places in Latin America and Pacific

Sacciolepis interrupta - tropical Asia, tropical Africa

Sacciolepis leptorachis - tropical Africa

Sacciolepis micrococca - tropical Africa, Madagascar

Sacciolepis myosuroides - tropical Africa, Madagascar, tropical Asia, Australia

Sacciolepis myuros - tropical America from central Mexico to Trinidad + Bolivia

Sacciolepis otachyrioides - Colombia (Meta), Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Guárico), Guyana (Rupununi), Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima)

Sacciolepis seslerioides - Congo Rep, Zaire, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola

Sacciolepis striata - southeastern USA from Texas to Delaware; Greater Antilles, Mexico (Veracruz, Tabasco), Central America, Trinidad, Venezuela, Guianas, Amapá

Sacciolepis tenuissima - Thailand

Sacciolepis transbarbata - Tanzania, Burundi, Zaire, Zambia, Angola, Malawi, Zimbabwe

Sacciolepis typhura - Africa from Ivory Coast to Eswatini

Sacciolepis viguieri - Madagascar

Sacciolepis vilvoides - Cuba, South America from Venezuela to Uruguay

formerly included

see Hymenachne Panicum

Sacciolepis aurita - Panicum auritum

Sacciolepis donacifolia - Hymenachne donacifolia

Sacciolepis insulicola - Panicum auritum

Sacciolepis longissima - Panicum longissimum

Sacciolepis polymorpha - Panicum auritum

Sacciolepis semienensis - Panicum hymeniochilum