Tarigidia

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Tarigidia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Anthephorinae
Genus: Tarigidia
Stent
Type species
Tarigidia aequiglumis
(Gooss.) Stent

Tarigidia is a genus of South African and Puerto Rican plants in the grass family. [1]

Some authors have suggested that the genus might be of hybrid origin: Anthephora × Digitaria . [2]

Species [2] [3]

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References

  1. Stent, Sydney Margaret. 1932. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1932(3): 151
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. The Plant List search for Tarigidia
  4. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
  5. Fish, L. & Victor, J.E. 2005. Tarigidia aequiglumis (Gooss.) Stent. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version 2014.1. Accessed on 2015/02/22
  6. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

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