Amazonia Plants of French Guiana Explore

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IUCN Red List DD - Data Deficient LC - Least Concern LR/lc - Least Concern NT - Near Threatened LR/nt - Near Threatened LR/cd - Conservation Dependent VU - Vulnerable EN - Endangered CR - Critically Endangered EW - Extinct in the Wild EX - Extinct

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Acroceras zizanioides (Kunth) Dandy

Oat Grass

Poaceae 12 3 Observations

Agropyron desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Schult.

Crested wheatgrass

Poaceae 2 2 Observations

Agrostis breviculmis Hitchc.

 

Poaceae 1 1 Observation

Agrostis perennans (Walter) Tuck.

Autumn bent

Poaceae 4 4 Observations

Andropogon bicornis L.

West Indian foxtail grass

Poaceae 80 52 Observations

Andropogon gayanus Kunth

Tambuki grass

Poaceae 4 3 Observations

Andropogon leucostachyus Kunth

Matojillo bluestem

Poaceae 1 1 Observation

Andropogon virginicus L.

Broom-sedge

Poaceae 2 2 Observations

Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P.Beauv.

American carpet grass

Poaceae 70 59 Observations

Bambusa arundinacea Retz.

 

Poaceae 7 1 Observation

Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss

Indian thorny bamboo

Poaceae 2 2 Observations

Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J.C.Wendl.

Wamin Bamboo

Poaceae 5 2 Observations

Bothriochloa bladhii (Retz.) S.T.Blake

Australian bluestem

Poaceae 3 3 Observations

Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr.

Tall grama grass

Poaceae 102 95 Observations

Brachiaria decumbens Stapf

Signal grass

Poaceae 1 1 Observation

Brachiaria humidicola (Rendle) Schweick.

Koronivia grass

Poaceae 1 1 Observation

Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf

Para Grass

Poaceae 4 3 Observations

Brachiaria plantaginea (Link) Hitchc.

Plantain Liverseed Grass

Poaceae 1 1 Observation

Cenchrus echinatus L.

Spiny Sandbur

Poaceae 69 44 Observations

Chloris barbata (L.) Sw.

Swollen fingergrass

Poaceae 5 1 Observation

Chloris radiata (L.) Sw.

Radiate finger grass

Poaceae 13 4 Observations

Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf

Lemongrass

Poaceae 599 538 Observations

Cymbopogon nardus (L.) Rendle

Giant turpentine grass

Poaceae 39 36 Observations

Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.

Bermudagrass

Poaceae 1,523 1,175 Observations

Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd.

Durban crowfoot

Poaceae 229 150 Observations

Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf

Kleberg's bluestem

Poaceae 11 8 Observations

Digitaria bicornis (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.

Southern crabgrass

Poaceae 4 1 Observation

Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler

Southern Crabgrass

Poaceae 79 62 Observations

Digitaria horizontalis Willd.

Jamaican crabgrass

Poaceae 2 2 Observations

Digitaria setigera Roth ex Roem. & Schult.

East Indian crabgrass

Poaceae 14 4 Observations

Digitaria violascens Link

Purple crabgrass

Poaceae 12 2 Observations

Echinochloa colona (L.) Link

Corn Panic-grass

Poaceae 149 100 Observations

Echinolaena inflexa (Poir.) Chase

 

Poaceae 7 4 Observations

Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.

Crowfoot Grass

Poaceae 470 306 Observations

Elionurus muticus (Spreng.) Kuntze

Wire grass

Poaceae 3 1 Observation

Elymus villosus Muhl. ex Willd.

Hairy wild rye

Poaceae 4 4 Observations

Elymus virginicus L.

Virginia wild rye

Poaceae 29 27 Observations

Eragrostis acutiflora (Kunth) Nees

 

Poaceae 12 3 Observations

Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R.Br.

Gophertail lovegrass

Poaceae 1 1 Observation

Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P.Beauv.

Jersey Love-grass

Poaceae 32 16 Observations

Eriochloa polystachya Kunth

Carib grass

Poaceae 8 3 Observations

Hackelochloa granularis (L.) Kuntze

Pitscale grass

Poaceae 9 2 Observations

Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.

African jointgrass

Poaceae 13 3 Observations

Homolepis aturensis (Kunth) Chase

 

Poaceae 11 2 Observations

Hymenachne amplexicaulis (Rudge) Nees

Olive hymenachne

Poaceae 28 7 Observations

Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf

Jaragua grass

Poaceae 19 10 Observations

Hystrix patula Moench

Eastern Bottle-Brush Grass

Poaceae 9 8 Observations

Ichnanthus pallens (Sw.) Munro ex Benth.

Caruzo

Poaceae 10 3 Observations

Isachne polygonoides (Lam.) Döll

 

Poaceae 10 4 Observations

Ischaemum latifolium (Spreng.) Kunth

 

Poaceae 2 1 Observation

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