Isachne is a widespread genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family, found in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.

The stems are hollow, the leaves are often nerved, and the inflorescence may be an open or narrow panicle.

The spikelets are rounded to spherical.

Isachne globosa is a weed of rice cultivation.

[6][7][8][9][10][11] see Chascolytrum Coelachne Cyrtococcum Panicum Streptostachys