Hyparrhenia
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 Hyparrhenia rufa
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Hyparrhenia is a genus of grasses. Many species are known commonly as thatching grass. They are mostly native to tropical Africa; some can be found in warmer areas in temperate Eurasia. These are annual and perennial bunch grasses. The inflorescence branches into twin spikes of paired spikelets.
Species include:
- Hyparrhenia anamesa
- Hyparrhenia arrhenobasis
- Hyparrhenia barteri
- Hyparrhenia coleotricha
- Hyparrhenia confinis
- Hyparrhenia exarmata
- Hyparrhenia figariana
- Hyparrhenia formosa
- Hyparrhenia gazensis
- Hyparrhenia hirta
- Hyparrhenia involucrata
- Hyparrhenia madaropoda
- Hyparrhenia multiplex
- Hyparrhenia nyassae
- Hyparrhenia praetermissa
- Hyparrhenia rudis
- Hyparrhenia rufa
- Hyparrhenia tamba
- Hyparrhenia umbrosa
[edit] External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- Grass Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants: North American Species
- Photo: Double Spikes
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