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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Imperata''
| image = Imperata cylindrica spikes.jpg
| image_width = 260px
| image_caption = ''[[Imperata cylindrica]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Poales]]
| familia = [[Poaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Panicoideae]]
| genus = '''''Imperata'''''
| genus_authority = [[Domenico Cirillo|Cirillo]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
8-9 - see text
}}
'''''Imperata''''' is a small genus of [[Poaceae|grasses]] known as '''satintails'''. Satintail grass species are perennial [[Rhizome|rhizomatous]] grasses native to the tropics and warm temperate regions worldwide. They bear solid, erect stems and silky inflorescences. The best known species is ''[[Imperata cylindrica]]'', which is recognized as a devastating [[noxious weed]] in many places and cultivated as an [[ornamental plant]] in others.

Species include:
*''[[Imperata brasiliensis]]'' - Brazilian bladygrass, Brazilian satintail
*''[[Imperata brevifolia]]'' - California satintail
*''[[Imperata conferta]]'' - plumegrass, kunay grass
*''[[Imperata contracta]]'' - guayanilla
*''[[Imperata cylindrica]]'' - bladygrass, cogongrass, speargrass, silver-spike