Tricholaena

Tricholaena is a genus of Asian, African, and Italian plants in the grass family.
; SpeciesTricholaena capensis Nees - Free State, Namibia, Cape ProvinceTricholaena monachne Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - drier parts of Africa from Kenya to Cape Province; also Ghana, Togo, Madagascar, Réunion, PakistanTricholaena teneriffae Link - drier parts of Africa from Morocco to Egypt to Tanzania; Canary Islands; Cape Verde, Arabian Peninsula, Middle East, India, Pakistan, Calabria, SicilyTricholaena vestita Stapf & C.E.Hubb. - Socotra
; formerly included
see ''Brachiaria Digitaria Eriachne Melinis Miscanthus Paspalum Saccharum''