Echinolaena is a genus of plants in the grass family, native mostly to the New World tropics but with one species in Madagascar. Species 1. \n* Echinolaena ecuadoriana - Ecuador 2. \n* Echinolaena gracilis - from Yucatán to Bolivia 3. \n* 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. \n* Echinolaena madagascariensis - Madagascar 5. \n* Echinolaena minarum - Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, northern Argentina 6. \n* Echinolaena oplismenoides - Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana 7. \n* Echinolaena standelyi - Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, Belizeformerly included