Heteropholis

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Heteropholis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Rottboelliinae
Genus: Heteropholis
C.E.Hubb.
Type species
Heteropholis sulcata
(Stapf) C.E.Hubb. [1]

Heteropholis is a genus of African and Sri Lankan plants in the grass family. [2] [3]

Species [4]
Formerly included [4]

see Mnesithea

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