Bewsia | |
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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] | |
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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]
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Basilicum is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1802. It contains only one known species, Basilicum polystachyon, native to Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia, New Guinea, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Pleioceras is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1888. It is native to tropical Africa.
Prosphytochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Prosphytochloa prehensilis, native to Eastern Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo.
Pseudopentameris is a genus of South African plants in the grass family, found only in Western Cape Province.
Bromuniola is a genus of Central African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Bromuniola gossweileri, native to Zaïre, Tanzania, Angola, and Zambia.
Chaetobromus is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Craspedorhachis is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Tarigidia is a genus of South African and Puerto Rican plants in the grass family.
Oryzidium is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Oxyrhachis is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Oxyrhachis gracillima, native to Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania, Madagascar, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province.
Entoplocamia is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Entoplocamia aristulata, native to Angola and Namibia.
Kampochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Kampochloa brachyphylla, native to Zambia and Angola.
Megaloprotachne is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Megaloprotachne albescens, native to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
Mosdenia is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Mosdenia leptostachys, native to Angola and Limpopo.
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Clitandra is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1849. A total of 46 names have been coined since that time for species, subspecies, and varieties within the genus, but most of them have been transferred to other genera. The genus is currently regarded as containing only one species, Clitandra cymulosa, native to tropical Africa.
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