Anthephora

Anthephora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Anthephora
Type species
Anthephora elegans
Synonyms[1]

Hypudaeurus Rchb.

Anthephora is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to southwest Asia, Africa, the Americas, and various islands.[2]

Species[1][3]
  1. Anthephora ampullacea - Guinea, Nigeria, Zaïre, Angola
  2. Anthephora argentea - Namibia, Botswana, Cape Province
  3. Anthephora cristata - Africa from Guinea to Angola
  4. Anthephora elongata - Zaïre, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia
  5. Anthephora hermaphrodita - Mexico, Central America, northern South America, West Indies, Galápagos; naturalized in Florida, Hawaii
  6. Anthephora laevis - Eritrea, Sudan, Israel, Palestine, Jordan
  7. Anthephora nigritana - Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Congo Rep, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
  8. Anthephora pubescens - dry Africa from Algeria to Somalia to Cape Province; Iran
  9. Anthephora pungens - Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
  10. Anthephora schinzii - Angola, Botswana, Cape Province, Namibia
  11. Anthephora truncata - Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
formerly included[1]

see Bouteloua Hilaria Tarigidia

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  3. ↑ The Plant List search for Anthephora


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