What is "echinolaena"

Echinolaena is a genus of plants in the grass family, native mostly to the New World tropics but with one species in Madagascar.

1. Echinolaena ecuadoriana - Ecuador
2. Echinolaena gracilis - from Yucatán to Bolivia
3. Echinolaena inflexa - Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Goiás, D.F., São Paulo, Maranhão
4. Echinolaena madagascariensis - Madagascar
5. Echinolaena minarum - Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, northern Argentina
6. Echinolaena oplismenoides - Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana
7. Echinolaena standelyi - Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize

see Ichnanthus Panicum Pseudechinolaena