 Echinolaena

Echinolaena is a genus of plants in tribe Paspaleae of the grass family, native to the New World tropics.It includes only two species after the referral of former members to the related genera "Hildaea", "Ichnanthus", "Oedochloa" and the more distant "Chasechloa" (tribe Paniceae) in a 2015 revision.