Cladoraphis

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Cladoraphis
Cladoraphis cyperoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Cladoraphis

Cladoraphis is a genus in the subfamily Chloridoideae of the Poaceae or grass family. It has two or three species. They are native to southern Africa.[1] Its phylogenetic position within the subfamily has not been resolved.[2]

Species

  • Cladoraphis cyperoides (Thunb.) S.M.Phillips
  • Cladoraphis spinosa (L.f.) S.M.Phillips

References

  1. Gibbs Russell, G.E., L. Watson, M. Koekemoer, L. Smook, N.P. Barker, H.M. Anderson, and M.J. Dallwitz. Grasses of Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). National Botanic Gardens, Botanical Research Institute, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa. 437 pp.
  2. Peterson, P.M., K. Romaschenko, and G. Johnson. 2010. A classification of the Chloridoideae (Poaceae) based on multi-gene phylogenetic trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55:580-598; doi10.1016/y.ympev.2010.01.018

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