The Nilotic people are people indigenous to the Nile Valley who speak Nilotic languages. They inhabit South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, DR Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania. Among these are the Burun speaking peoples, Karo peoples, Luo peoples, Ateker peoples, Kalenjin peoples, Datooga, Dinka, Nuer, Atwot, Lotuko, and the Maa-speaking peoples.
Pennisetum is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. They are known commonly as fountaingrasses. Pennisetum is considered a synonym of Cenchrus in Kew's Plants of the World Online.
Dactyloctenium is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family. A common name for the plants is crowfoot grasses.
The rattling cisticola is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae which is native to Africa south of the equator, and parts of East Africa. It is a common to abundant species in open savanna and scrubland habitats, whether in arid, moist or upland regions. Especially during summer, it is highly conspicuous due to its strident and repetitive call-notes from prominent perches.
The grey-capped social weaver is a sparrow-like liver-colored bird, with a pale grey crown, a dark grey bill, a whitish eye-ring, horn-colored legs, with some black in the wing and a light terminal band in the tail, that builds roofed nests made of straws, breeds in colonies in thorny Acacia trees, and feeds in groups gathering grass seeds and insects. Male and female have near identical plumage. DNA-analysis confirms it is part of the weaver family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The Bunyoro rabbit or Central African rabbit is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It is monotypic within the genus Poelagus. It is found in central Africa and its typical habitat is damp savannah, often with rocky outcrops.
Eleusine is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family, sometimes called by the common name goosegrass. One species (Eleusine indica), is a widespread weed in many places. Another species Eleusine coracana, is finger millet, cultivated as a cereal grain in India and parts of Africa.
Hyparrhenia is a genus of grasses. Many species are known commonly as thatching grass.
Yushania alpina, the African alpine bamboo, is a perennial bamboo of the family Poaceae and the genus Yushania It can be found growing in dense but not large stands on the mountains and volcanoes surrounding the East African Rift between the altitudes of 2,500 meters and 3,300 meters.
Leersia is a genus of plants in the grass family which includes species known generally as cutgrasses.
Acritochaete is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Anthephora is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to southwest Asia, Africa, the Americas, and various islands.
Lintonia is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Coelachyrum is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.
Sacciolepis is a genus of plants in the grass family. Cupscale grass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Snowdenia is a genus of African and Arabian plants in the grass family.
Tripogon is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. They are widespread across Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Fiveminute grass is a common name for plants in this genus.
Dinebra is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.
Disakisperma is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America, Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula.
Harpachne schimperi is a species of grass in the true grass family (Poaceae), found from Ethiopia and Sudan south to Zambia. It grows in dense tufts up to 40 cm high, with oblong panicles 4–7.5 cm long and dense spikelets.
