Heteropholis is a genus of African and Sri Lankan plants in the grass family. Species 1. \n* Heteropholis benoistii A.Camus - Madagascar 2. \n* Heteropholis nigrescens (Thwaites) C.E.Hubb. - Sri Lanka 3. \n* Heteropholis sulcata (Stapf) C.E.Hubb. - Zaḭre, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Malawiformerly included see Mnesithea \n* Heteropholis annua - Mnesithea annua \n* Heteropholis cochinchinensis - Mnesithea laevis var. cochinchinensis \n* Heteropholis cochinchinensis var. chenii - Mnesithea laevis var. chenii