{{Short description|Genus of grasses}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Bedgrass | image =Ichnanthus nemoralis (Schrad. ex Schult.) Hitchc. & Chase (7574426174).jpg | image_caption = ''Ichnanthus nemoralis'' | display_parents = 4 | taxon = Ichnanthus | authority = P.Beauv. | type_species = ''Ichnanthus panicoides'' | type_species_authority = P.Beauv. | synonyms_ref = <ref name=o>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=419918 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40030392 Tropicos, ''Ichnanthus'' P. Beauv.]</ref> | synonyms = * ''Navicularia'' <small>Raddi 1823, illegitimate homonym not Heist. ex Fabr. 1759 (Lamiaceae)</small> * ''Panicum'' sect. ''Ichnanthus'' <small>(P.Beauv.) Trin.</small> }}
'''''Ichnanthus''''', commonly called '''bedgrass,'''<ref>[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:411630#tab_classification Atlas of Living Australia]</ref> is a genus of tropical plants in the grass family, widespread in Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394135#page/140/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 56-57] in Latin</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394135#page/297/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XII (12) figure I (1 a-g)] line drawings of ''Ichnanthus panicoides''; [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394135#page/275/mode/1up captions on caption page 9]</ref><ref>[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00311.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]</ref><ref>Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 500, 504 <big>距花黍属</big> ju hua shu shu ''Ichnanthus'' P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 56. 1812. ]</ref><ref>Boechat, S. de C. 2005. O gênero ''Ichnanthus'' (Poaceae - Panicoideae - Paniceae) no Brasil. Iheringia, Série Botânica 60(2): 189–248.</ref><ref>Bastos, M. d. N. d. C. 1993. A flora "Rupestre" da serra de carajás (Gramineae)-III Gênero Ichnanthus Beauv. Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi : Serie Guias 9(2):279–293.</ref><ref>Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557</ref><ref>Longhi-Wagner, H. M., V. Bittich, M. das G. L. Wanderley & G. J. Shepherd. 2001. Poaceae. 1: 1–292. In M. G. L. Wanderly, G. J. Shepherd & A. M. Giulietti (eds.) Fl. Fanerog. Estado São Paulo. Editora Hucitec, São Paulo</ref>
; Species<ref name=o/> {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''Ichnanthus annuus'' - Colombia, Venezuela * ''Ichnanthus bambusiflorus'' - Brazil * ''Ichnanthus breviscrobs'' - trop South America * ''Ichnanthus calvescens'' - Mexico, Central + South America, Trinidad * ''Ichnanthus camporum'' - Brazil * ''Ichnanthus dasycoleus'' - Central + South America * ''Ichnanthus ephemeroblepharis'' - Amazon of Brazil + Venezuela * ''Ichnanthus glaber'' - eastern Brazil * ''Ichnanthus grandifolius'' - Brazil * ''Ichnanthus hirtus'' - Colombia, Peru, Brazil * ''Ichnanthus hoffmannseggii'' - French Guiana, Brazil * ''Ichnanthus inconstans'' - from Oaxaca to Paraguay * ''Ichnanthus lanceolatus'' - southern Mexico, Central America * ''Ichnanthus lancifolius'' - trop South America * ''Ichnanthus leiocarpus'' - trop South America, Trinidad * ''Ichnanthus leptophyllus'' - eastern Brazil * ''Ichnanthus longhi-wagnerii'' - Bahia * ''Ichnanthus longiglumis'' - southeastern Brazil * ''Ichnanthus mayarensis'' - Cuba, northern Brazil * ''Ichnanthus mollis'' - Brazil * ''Ichnanthus nemoralis'' - Mexico, Central + South America, Trinidad * ''Ichnanthus nemorosus'' - Mexico, Central + South America, West Indies * ''Ichnanthus pallens'' - West Africa, Asia (from India to Ryukyu Is to Java), New Guinea, Queensland, Mexico, Central + South America, West Indies * ''Ichnanthus panicoides'' - Mexico, Central + South America * ''Ichnanthus procurrens'' - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay * ''Ichnanthus riedelii'' - Brazil + Venezuela * ''Ichnanthus ruprechtii'' - trop South America * ''Ichnanthus tarumanensis'' - Brazil * ''Ichnanthus tectus'' - Venezuela * ''Ichnanthus tenuis'' - Mexico, Central + South America, Trinidad * ''Ichnanthus zehntneri'' - Brazil }}
; formerly included<ref name=o/> see ''Chevalierella Echinolaena Homolepis Ottochloa Panicum Parodiophyllochloa Yakirra'' {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''Ichnanthus apiculatus - Parodiophyllochloa ovulifera'' * ''Ichnanthus australiensis - Yakirra australiensis'' * ''Ichnanthus dewildemanii - Chevalierella dewildemanii'' * ''Ichnanthus foliolosus - Yakirra foliolosa'' * ''Ichnanthus gardneri - Panicum chapadense'' * ''Ichnanthus glaber'' <small>Link ex Steud. 1854 not (Raddi) Hitchc. 1920 -</small> ''Panicum virgatum'' * ''Ichnanthus harmandii - Panicum trachyrhachis'' * ''Ichnanthus lilloi'' - ''Echinolaena minarum'' * ''Ichnanthus longiflorus'' - ''Homolepis longispicula'' * ''Ichnanthus majusculus'' - ''Yakirra majuscula'' * ''Ichnanthus minarum'' - ''Echinolaena minarum'' * ''Ichnanthus mueensis'' - ''Panicum mueense'' * ''Ichnanthus muelleri - Yakirra muelleri'' * ''Ichnanthus oblongus - Ottochloa nodosa'' * ''Ichnanthus oplismenoides - Echinolaena oplismenoides'' * ''Ichnanthus pauciflorus - Yakirra pauciflora'' * ''Ichnanthus riparius - Echinolaena minarum'' * ''Ichnanthus sandiensis - Echinolaena minarum'' * ''Ichnanthus standleyi - Echinolaena standleyi'' * ''Ichnanthus trinii - Panicum trinii'' }}
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