Homozeugos

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Homozeugos
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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: Saccharinae
Genus: Homozeugos
Stapf
Type species
Homozeugos fragile

Homozeugos is a genus of African plants in the grass family. [1] [2]

Species [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. Stapf, Otto 1915. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 31: plate 3033 plus 2 subsequent text pages line drawing of Homozeugos fragile, descriptions in Latin, commentary and figure captions in English
  2. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. The Plant List search for Homozeugos
  5. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
  6. Cope, T.A. (2002). Flora Zambesiaca 10(4): 1-190. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  7. Guala, G. F. 2002. A new species of Homozeugos (Poaceae&) from Angola. Novon 12(3): 196–199