Bewsia

Bewsia
Bewsia biflora in South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:	Hubbardochloinae
Genus:	Bewsia Goossens
Species:	B. biflora
Binomial name
Bewsia biflora (Hack.) Gooss.
Synonyms [1]
Diplachne bifloraHack. Diplachne biflora var. buchananiiStapf Avenastrum flabellatumPeter

Bewsia is a genus of African plants in the grass family. ^{[2] [3] [4]} The only known species is Bewsia biflora, widespread across much of sub-Saharan Africa from Ivory Coast to Tanzania to KwaZulu-Natal. ^{[1] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}

See also

• List of Poaceae genera

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. 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.
3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. Sanbi Red List of South African Plants, Bewsia biflora (Hack.) Gooss.
5. Goossens, Antonie Petrus Gerhardy 1941. South African Journal of Science 37: 184.
6. Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574.
7. Clayton, W.D., Phillips, S.M., Renvoize, S.A. (1974). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 2: 177-449.
8. Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
9. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
10. Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
11. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
12. Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.