Andropterum

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Andropterum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Ischaeminae
Genus: Andropterum
Stapf
Species:
A. stolzii
Binomial name
Andropterum stolzii
Synonyms [1]
  • Ischaemum stolziiPilg.
  • Andropterum variegatumStapf.
  • Sehima variegatum(Stapf) Roberty

Andropterum is a genus of African plants in the grass family. [2] [3] [4] There is only one known species, Andropterum stolzii, native to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi and Burundi. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Stapf, Otto 1917. Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 38
  3. Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  4. 1 2 Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  5. The Plant List search for Andropterum
  6. Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898.
  7. Ndabaneze, P. (1989). Catalogue des Graminées du Burundi. Lejeunia; Revue de Botanique , n.s., 132: 1-127.
  8. Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.