Saccharum is a genus of tall perennial plants of the broomsedge tribe within the grass family.
Pleioceras is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1888. It is native to tropical Africa.
Heteropogon is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family known generally as tangleheads, widespread primarily in tropical and subtropical regions.
Hyparrhenia is a genus of grasses. Many species are known commonly as thatching grass.
Leersia is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses.
Cercestis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The species in this genus are all climbers and are endemic to Africa. At intervals along the stem they produce long leafless shoots called flagella. Many of the species in Cersestis show signs of fenestration.
Eriochrysis is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.
Chasmopodium is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Schizachyrium is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words σχίζειν, meaning "to split," and ἄχυρον, meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas.
Sorghastrum is a genus of grasses, native to Africa and the Americas.
Trachypogon is a small genus of African and Latin American plants in the grass family. Crinkleawn grass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Dilophotriche is a genus of West African plants in the grass family.
Homozeugos is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Monocymbium is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Rhytachne is a genus of plants in the grass family. They grow principally in wet savannahs in Africa and the Americas. More specifically, they tend to prefer transitional zones between marshes and drier upland savannahs. In the Americas the genus can be found from southern Mexico and Cuba south to northern Argentina, while in Africa it is present in Sub-Saharan Africa, including in Madagascar. Twelve species are included, of which nine are African, two are American, and one, Rhytachne subgibbosa, is found on both continents. The genus is closely related to Coelorachis.
Craterispermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 16 species that occur in tropical Africa and Seychelles. It is the only genus in the tribe Craterispermeae, of which the divergence time is estimated at 34.8 million years ago.
Mesanthemum is a genus of plants in the Eriocaulaceae, first described in 1856. It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.
- Mesanthemum africanumMoldenke - Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Mesanthemum albidumLecomte - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone
- Mesanthemum angustitepalumKimp - Zaïre
- Mesanthemum auratumLecomte - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau
- Mesanthemum bennaeJacq.-Fél - Guinea
- Mesanthemum cupricolaKimp - Zaïre
- Mesanthemum glabrumKimp - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia
- Mesanthemum jaegeriJacq.-Fél - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville
- Mesanthemum pilosumKimp - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia, Malawi
- Mesanthemum prescottianum(Bong.) Körn. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gabon
- Mesanthemum pubescens(Lam.) Körn. - Madagascar
- Mesanthemum radicans(Benth.) Körn. - widespread from Liberia east to Tanzania, south to Mozambique
- Mesanthemum reductumH.E.Hess - Congo-Brazzaville, Angola
- Mesanthemum rutenbergianumKörn. - Madagascar
- Mesanthemum variabileKimp - Zaïre, Zambia
Guyonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Dupineta is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae.
Abrus melanospermus is a species of flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae. It is native to Africa and Asia. It was also introduced to South America.
