# Centotheca

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{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Uniola lappacea - Species graminum - Volume 3.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Centotheca lappacea](/source/Centotheca_lappacea)''
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Centotheca
|authority = [Desv.](/source/Desv.) (1810)
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=s>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=451211 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50143451 Tropicos, Centotheca Desv.]</ref>
|synonyms =
* ''Ramosia'' <small>Merr.</small>
* ''Centosteca'' <small>Desv., alternate spelling</small>
}}

'''''Centotheca''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [Africa](/source/Africa)n, [Asia](/source/Asia)n, and [Pacific Island](/source/Pacific_Island) plants in the [grass family](/source/Poaceae).<ref>Desvaux, Nicaise Augustin. 1810.  Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, publié par la Société Philomatique de Paris 2: 189</ref><ref>[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00111.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]</ref>

; Species<ref name=s/><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Centotheca The Plant List search for ''Centotheca'']</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=106027 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 445 假淡竹叶属 jia dan zhu ye shu  ''Centotheca'' Desvaux]</ref>
* ''[Centotheca lappacea](/source/Centotheca_lappacea)'' <small>(L.) Desv.</small> - tropical western + central [Africa](/source/Africa); [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar), [China](/source/China), [Southeast Asia](/source/Southeast_Asia), [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), numerous islands of the [Pacific](/source/Pacific_Islands) aka หญ้า ฮี ยุ่ม ''hee yum grass'' [https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/427772/vaginal-fix-herb-a-feature-of-thai-health-expo in Thai]
* ''[Centotheca philippinensis](/source/Centotheca_philippinensis)'' <small>(Merr.) C.Monod</small> - [Philippines](/source/Philippines), [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea)
* ''[Centotheca uniflora](/source/Centotheca_uniflora)'' <small>Swallen</small> - [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam)

; formerly included<ref name=s/>
{{hatnote|See ''[Diplachne](/source/Diplachne)'' and ''[Megastachya](/source/Megastachya)''}}
* ''Centotheca madagascariensis - [Megastachya madagascariensis](/source/Megastachya_madagascariensis)''
* ''Centotheca malabarica - [Diplachne fusca](/source/Diplachne_fusca)''
* ''Centotheca maxima - [Megastachya mucronata](/source/Megastachya_mucronata)''
* ''Centotheca mucronata - [Megastachya mucronata](/source/Megastachya_mucronata)''
* ''Centotheca owariensis - [Megastachya mucronata](/source/Megastachya_mucronata)''
* ''Centotheca urekana - [Megastachya mucronata](/source/Megastachya_mucronata)''

==See also==
* [List of Poaceae genera](/source/List_of_Poaceae_genera)

==References==
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*{{Commons category-inline|Centotheca}}

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Category:Panicoideae
Category:Poaceae genera
Category:Taxa named by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux

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