{{Short description|Genus of grasses}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Zeugites americanus imported from iNaturalist photo 12058839 on 30 December 2023.jpg | image_caption = ''Zeugites americanus'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Zeugites | authority = P.Browne | type_species = ''Zeugites americanus'' | type_species_authority = Willd. | synonyms_ref = <ref name="POWO"/> | synonyms = * ''Senites'' <small>Adans., nom. superfl.</small> * ''Calderonella'' <small>Soderstr. & H.F.Decker</small> * ''Despretzia'' <small>Kunth</small> * ''Krombholzia'' <small>Rupr. ex E.Fourn.</small> }}
'''''Zeugites''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Poaceae. Its species are native to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and South America.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11267862#page/356/mode/1up Browne, Patrick. 1756. Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts, page 341]</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40028406 Tropicos, ''Zeugites'' P. Browne ]</ref>
==Species== Species of ''Zeugites'' include:<ref name="POWO"/> * ''Zeugites americanus'' <small>Willd.</small> - from Mexico to Bolivia, and Greater Antilles in Caribbean * ''Zeugites capillaris'' <small>(Hitchc.) Swallen</small> - Jalisco, Colima, México State, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz (México). * ''Zeugites hackelii'' <small>Swallen</small> - Michoacán, Sinaloa, Jalisco, México State (México). * ''Zeugites hintonii'' <small>Hartley</small> - México State * ''Zeugites latifolius'' <small>(E.Fourn.) Hemsl.</small> - Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas (México), and Honduras * ''Zeugites munroanus'' <small>Hemsl.</small> - Guatemala, El Salvador; and Chiapas, Veracruz (México). * ''Zeugites panamensis'' <small>Swallen</small> - Costa Rica, Panama * ''Zeugites pittieri'' <small>Hack.</small> - from Chiapas (México) to Panama * ''Zeugites sagittatus'' <small>Hartley</small> - México State * ''Zeugites smilacifolius'' <small>Scribn.</small> - Michoacán, Morelos, México State, Guerrero, Jalisco (México). * ''Zeugites sylvaticus'' <small>(Soderstr. & H.F.Decker) A.M.Soriano & Dávila</small> - Panama, Colombia
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="POWO">{{cite POWO |id=331311-2 |title=''Zeugites'' P.Browne |access-date=16 April 2024}}</ref> }}
==External links== * [http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00695.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]
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Category:Panicoideae Category:Poaceae genera Category:Grasses of North America Category:Grasses of Mexico Category:Grasses of South America Category:Flora of Central America Category:Flora of the Caribbean
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