Elionurus is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and Neotropical plants in the grass family. Species * - Mexico, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico * - Brazil * - Latin America (from Mexico to Paraguay); West Africa * - Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands * Elionurus elegans - West Africa * - Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso * - Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola * - western + central Africa * - Paraguay * - Africa, Yemen, South America * - South America * - western + central Africa * - Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Sahara, East Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Pakistan, India * - Latin America (from Mexico to Paraguay); eastern + southern Africa * - Madagascarformerly included