Bewsia

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Bewsia
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Bewsia biflora in South Africa
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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]

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References

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