{{Short description|Genus of grasses}} {{Other uses of|goosegrass|Goosegrass (disambiguation){{!}}Goosegrass}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Acrachne perrieri OLG 1330 (small crop) (41620063811).png |image_caption = ''Acrachne perrieri'' |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Acrachne |authority = Wright & Arn. ex Chiov.<ref>Chiovenda, Emilio. 1908. Annuario del Reale Istituto Botanico di Roma 8(3): 361</ref> |type_species = ''Acrachne verticillata''<br>(syn of ''A. racemosa'')<ref name=c/> |type_species_authority = (Roxb.) Lindl. ex Chiov.<ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031173 Tropicos, ''Acrachne'' Wight & Arn. ex Chiov.]</ref> |synonyms_ref = <ref name=c/> |synonyms = * ''Arthrochloa'' <small>J.W.Lorch 1960, illegitimate homonym not R. Br. 1823 nor Schult. 1827</small> * ''Camusia'' <small>J.W.Lorch</small> * ''Normanboria'' <small>Butzin</small> }}
'''''Acrachne''''' is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family. Species in the genus are commonly known as '''goosegrass'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/acrachne.htm |title=The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references |accessdate=2009-08-19 |author=Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. |date=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723091501/http://www.delta-intkey.com/grass/www/acrachne.htm |archivedate=2008-07-23 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00003.htm Grassbase – The World Online Grass Flora]</ref>
; Species<ref name=c>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=476446 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> * ''Acrachne henrardiana'' <small>(Bor.) S.M. Phillips</small> – Tamil Nadu * ''Acrachne perrieri'' <small>(A.Camus) S.M. Phillips</small> – Madagascar * ''Acrachne racemosa'' <small>(B.Heyne ex Roem. & Schult) Ohwi</small> – tropical and southern Africa, tropical Asia, northern Australia
; formerly included<ref name=c/> * See ''Eragrostis'' * ''Acrachne vatovae – Eragrostis vatovae''
==See also== * List of Poaceae genera
==References== {{Reflist}}
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