Harpochloa

caterpillar grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Harpochloa
Kunth
Type species
Harpochloa capensis
(syn of H. falx)
Kunth
Synonyms[1]

Harpechloa Kunth, alternate spelling

Harpochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family, common name caterpillar grass .[1][2][3][4]

species[5][6][7]
  1. Harpochloa falx (L.f.) Kuntze - Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Gauteng, Swaziland, Free State, Mpumalanga
  2. Harpochloa pseudoharpechloa (Chiov.) Clayton - Zaïre, Zambia, Angola
formerly included[5]

see Microchloa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Tropicos, Harpochloa Kunth
  2. Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1829. Révision des Graminées 1: 92 in Latin
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. Plantzafrica, Harpochloa falx (L.f.) Kuntze, caterpillar grass (Eng.), ruspergras (Afr.)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. The Plant List search for Harpochloa
  7. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).