Phacelurus

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Phacelurus
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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: Phacelurus
Griseb.
Type species
Phacelurus digitatus
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Rottboellia subg. Phacelurus(Griseb.) Hack.
  • JardineaSteud.
  • ThyrsiaStapf
  • PseudophacelurusA.Camus
  • PseudovossiaA.Camus

Phacelurus is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Species [1] [6]
formerly included [1]

see Loxodera

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