Loudetia is a genus of African, Arabian, and South American plants in the grass family. • Loudetia angolensis - Angola • Loudetia annua - tropical Africa • Loudetia arundinacea - tropical Africa • Loudetia cerata - Chad, Central African Republic • Loudetia coarctata - tropical Africa • Loudetia cuanzensis - Angola • Loudetia demeusei - Congo Republic, Zaïre • Loudetia densispica - central + southern Africa • Loudetia echinulata - Central African Rep • Loudetia esculenta - Sudan • Loudetia filifolia - Madagascar, Eswatini, Mpumalanga • Loudetia flammida - tropical Africa, South America • Loudetia flavida - Oman, tropical + southern Africa • Loudetia furtiva - Cameroon • Loudetia hordeiformis - tropical Africa • Loudetia jaegeriana - Sierra Leone • Loudetia kagerensis - tropical Africa • Loudetia lanata - southern Africa • Loudetia migiurtina - Somalia • Loudetia phragmitoides - tropical Africa • Loudetia pratii - Central African Rep • Loudetia simplex - Madagascar, tropical + southern Africa • Loudetia tisserantii - Central African Rep • Loudetia togoensis - tropical Africa • Loudetia vanderystii - Zaire, Congo Republic, Gabon several species now considered better suited to other genera: Danthoniopsis Loudetiopsis Trichopteryx Tristachya