Hyparrhenia

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Hyparrhenia
Hyparrhenia rufa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Hyparrhenia
Andersson ex Fourn.
Species

About 55; see text

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 dissoluta — thatching grass; Sahel, Africa
  • Hyparrhenia exarmata
  • Hyparrhenia figariana
  • Hyparrhenia filipendula
  • Hyparrhenia formosa
  • Hyparrhenia gazensis
  • Hyparrhenia hirta
  • Hyparrhenia involucrata
  • Hyparrhenia madaropoda
  • Hyparrhenia multiplex
  • Hyparrhenia nyassae
  • Hyparrhenia praetermissa
  • Hyparrhenia rudis
  • Hyparrhenia rufa
  • Hyparrhenia tamba
  • Hyparrhenia umbrosa

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