Genus: 112 species; in tribe Cenchrinae, with genera: Acritochaete, Alexfloydia, Cenchrus, Chamaeraphis, Dissochondrus, Holcolemma, Hygrochloa, Ixophorus, Paractaenum, Paratheria, Plagiosetum, Pseudoraphis –Setaria, Setariopsis, Snowdenia, Spinifex, Stenotaphrum, Stereochlaena, Streptolophus, Uranthoecium, Whiteochloa, Xerochloa, Zuloagaea, Zygochloa.