Habrochloa

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Habrochloa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Triraphideae
Genus: Habrochloa
C.E.Hubb.
Species:
H. bullockii
Binomial name
Habrochloa bullockii

Habrochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family. [1] [2] The only known species is Habrochloa bullockii native to Cameroon, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. Hubbard, Charles Edward 1967. Hooker's Icones Plantarum vol 37, plate 3645
  2. Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Clayton, W.D. (1970). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 1: 1-176.
  5. Cope, T. (1999). Flora Zambesiaca 10(2): 1-261. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  6. Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National Herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  7. Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557.