Maltebrunia

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Maltebrunia
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Maltebrunia leersioides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Oryzoideae
Tribe: Oryzeae
Subtribe: Oryzinae
Genus: Maltebrunia
Kunth
Type species
Maltebrunia leersioides
Synonyms [1]
  • Oryza sect. Maltebrunia(Kunth) Rchb.

Maltebrunia is a genus of African plants in the grass family. [2] [3] [4]

Species [5] [6]
formerly included [5]

Maltebrunia prehensilis - Prosphytochloa prehensilis – South Africa, Eswatini

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References

  1. Tropicos, Maltebrunia Kunth
  2. Kunth, Karl Sigismund 1829. Révision des Graminées 1: 6 in Latin
  3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. Zon, A. P. M. v. 1992. Graminées du Cameroun. Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 92–1(2): 1–557
  5. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. The Plant List search for Maltebrunia
  7. Hubbard, C. E. 1962. Tabula 3595. Maltebrunia gabonensis C. E. Hubbard. Gramineae. Tribus Oryzeae. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 36: tab. 3595, 1–3.