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Chloris
	Chloris virgata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:	Eleusininae
Genus:	Chloris; Sw.
Type species
	Chloris cruciata; (L.) Sw.
Synonyms
	Agrostomia Cerv.; Chlorostis Raf.; Joannegria Chiov.; Lintonia Stapf; Negria Chiov., nom. illeg.; Ochthochloa Edgew.; Pterochloris (A.Camus) A.Camus;

Chloris is a widespread genus of monophyletic grasses belonging to the family Poaceae, known generally as windmill grass or finger grass.^[3] The genus is found worldwide, but especially in the tropical and subtropical regions, and more often in the Southern Hemisphere.^[3]^[4] The species are variable in morphology, but in general, the plants are less than 0.5 m in height. They bear inflorescences shaped like umbels, with several plumes lined with rows of spikelets. The genus is characterized by the series of sterile florets above the lowest fertile ones, spikes usually 4–10 in numbers (occasionally 1–2), approximated or in a slightly separated series of 10–20 spikes, rarely an indefinite numbers of terminal spikes (then usually up to 50 or rarely more, as seen in Chloris roxburghiana Schultes).^[4]^[3] In India, 11 species are known to occur in which only two are endemic viz. Chloris wightiana Nees ex Steud. and Chloris bournei Rangachariar & Tadulingam. ^[4]^[3]

The genus was named for Chloris of Greek myth, a figure associated with flowers and spring.

Species

53 species are currently accepted.^[2]^[5]

Chloris affinis Caro & E.A.Sánchez
Chloris amethystea Hochst.
Chloris andropogonoides E.Fourn. – slimspike windmill grass
Chloris arenaria Hitchc. & Ekman
Chloris barbata Sw. – swollen fingergrass
Chloris berazainiae Catasús
Chloris boliviensis Renvoize
Chloris bournei Rang. & Tadul.
Chloris burmensis D.E.Anderson
Chloris castilloniana Parodi
Chloris circumfontinalis Fahey & Fensham
Chloris clementis Merr.
Chloris cruciata (L.) Sw.
Chloris cubensis Hitchc. & Ekman
Chloris cucullata Bisch. – hooded windmill grass
Chloris diluta Renvoize
Chloris divaricata R.Br. – spreading windmill grass
Chloris ekmanii Hitchc.
Chloris filiformis (Vahl) Poir.
Chloris flabellata (Hack.) Launert
Chloris flagellifera (Nees) P.M.Peterson
Chloris formosana (Honda) Keng
Chloris gayana Kunth – Rhodes grass
Chloris halophila Parodi
Chloris humbertiana A.Camus
Chloris jubaensis Cope
Chloris lobata Lazarides
Chloris mensensis (Schweinf.) Cufod.
Chloris montana Roxb.
Chloris mossambicensis K.Schum.
Chloris nutans (Stapf) P.M.Peterson
Chloris orthonoton Döll
Chloris paniculata Scribn.
Chloris pectinata Benth. – comb windmill grass
Chloris pilosa Schumach.
Chloris pumilio R.Br.
Chloris pycnothrix R.Br. – spiderweb chloris
Chloris quinquesetica Bhide
Chloris radiata (L.) Sw.
Chloris robusta Stapf
Chloris ruahensis Renvoize
Chloris rufescens Lag.
Chloris sagrana A.Rich. – roadside windmill grass
Chloris sesquiflora Burkart
Chloris × subdolichostachya Müll.Hal.
Chloris submutica Kunth – Mexican windmill grass
Chloris suringarii Hitchc.
Chloris texensis Nash
Chloris truncata R.Br. – Australian fingergrass, black windmill grass
Chloris ventricosa R.Br. – Australian windmill grass, plump windmill grass
Chloris verticillata Nutt. – tumble windmill grass
Chloris virgata Sw. – feather fingergrass
Chloris wightiana Nees ex Steud.
Chloris woodii Renvoize

Formerly placed here

Some species formerly placed in genus Chloris are now placed in other genera, including Aegopogon, Austrochloris, Bouteloua, Chondrosum, Chrysochloa, Ctenium, Cynodon, Dactyloctenium, Daknopholis, Disakisperma, Eleusine, Enteropogon, Eustachys, Gymnopogon, Harpochloa, Leptochloa, Oxychloris, Pseudopogonatherum, Schoenefeldia, Schoenefeldiella, Tetrapogon, and Trichloris.^[6]

Daknopholis boivinii (A.Camus) Clayton (as Chloris boivinii A.Camus)
Schoenefeldiella transiens (Pilg.) P.M.Peterson (as Chloris transiens Pilg.)
Stapfochloa elata (Desv.) P.M.Peterson (as Chloris elata Desv.) – tall windmill grass