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.
Cenchrus is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. Its species are native to many countries in Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and various oceanic islands.
Helictotrichon, or alpine oatgrass, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the grass family. The genus name comes from the Greek heliktos meaning twisted, and trichos meaning hair, referring to the shape of the awn.
Afrothismia is a genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in the family Burmanniaceae, first described as a genus in 1906. It is native to tropical Africa.
Pentameris is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Africa, with a few species in Yemen and on certain islands in the Indian Ocean.
Phaenanthoecium is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Phaenanthoecium koestlinii, native to Northeast Tropical Africa and Yemen.
Alloeochaete is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Bromuniola is a genus of Central African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Bromuniola gossweileri, native to Zaïre, Tanzania, Angola, and Zambia.
Tetrapogon is a genus of grasses.
Dignathia is a genus of African and Asian plants in the grass family.
Dinebra is a genus of Asian, African, and Pacific Island plants in the grass family.
Urochondra is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Urochondra setulosa, native to northeastern Africa and southwestern Asia. The species grows in coastal sand dunes, salt marshes and estuaries.
Holcolemma is a genus of African, Asian, and Australian plants in the grass family.
Kerriochloa is a genus of Southeast Asian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Kerriochloa siamensis, native to Thailand and Vietnam.
Megaloprotachne is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Megaloprotachne albescens, native to Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa
Nematopoa is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Nematopoa longipes, native to Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Trigonochloa is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.
Schlechterella is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Africa, found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
Trifolium semipilosum, the Kenya clover or Kenya white clover, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Yemen, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe, and has been introduced to Saint Helena. It is a close wild relative of the important forage crop Trifolium repens.
Pentameris pictigluma is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, native to Cameroon in West Africa, Ethiopia to Tanzania in East Africa, and Yemen. It was first described by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel in 1854 as Aira pictigluma.
