Scrotochloa

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Scrotochloa |authority = Judz. |type_species_authority = (Roxb.) Judz. |type_species = ''Scrotochloa urceolata'' }}

'''''Scrotochloa''''' is a genus of Asian, Australian, and Papuasian plants in the grass family.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13169000#page/313/mode/1up Judziewicz, Emmet Joseph. 1984. Phytologia 56(4): 299-304] in English with Latin generic description; photo of specimen of ''Scrotochloa urceolata'' on page 304</ref><ref>[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00702.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]</ref><ref>[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:378492# Atlas of Living Australia, ''Scrotochloa'' Judz.]</ref><ref>Soderstrom, T. R., R. P. Ellis & E. J. Judziewicz. 1987. The Phareae and Streptogyneae (Poaceae) of Sri Lanka: a morphological-anatomical study. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 65: 1–27.</ref>

The genus is closely related to ''Leptaspis'' and included inside that group by some authors.<ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Scrotochloa The Plant List search for ''Scrotochloa'']</ref>

; Species<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=441717 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> * ''Scrotochloa tararaensis'' <small>(Jansen) Judz.</small> - New Guinea, Queensland * ''Scrotochloa urceolata'' <small>(Roxb.) Judz.</small> - New Guinea, Queensland, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Philippines, Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka

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