Elymandra

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Elymandra
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe:
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Genus: Elymandra
Stapf
Type species

(Stapf) Stapf
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleiadelphia Stapf

Elymandra is a genus of African and South American plants in the grass family.[2][3] Most known species are native to Africa; one is found in Brazil.[4]

Species[1][5]
  • (Stapf) Stapf - from Senegal to Angola
  • (Jacq.-Fél.) Clayton - Guinea, Senegal, Benin, Sierra Leone
  • (Stapf) Clayton - from Senegal to Angola
  • (Stapf) Clayton from Gambia to KwaZulu-Natal
  • (Trin.) Clayton - Brazil (State of Minas Gerais), Zaïre to Zimbabwe
  • Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone

References[]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 407
  3. ^ Tropicos, Elymandra Stapf
  4. ^ "RBG Kew: GrassBase - Elymandra Description". www.kew.org. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  5. ^ The Plant List search for Elymandra


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