Kerriochloa is a genus of Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.

[5] The only known species is Kerriochloa siamensis, native to Thailand and Vietnam.

[2][6] The genus name of Kerriochloa is in honour of Arthur Francis George Kerr (1877–1942), an Irish medical doctor.

[7] The Latin specific epithet of siamensis means coming from Siam (the old name for Thailand.

[8] Both genus and species were first described and published in Hooker's Icon.