René Louiche Desfontaines was a French botanist.
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.
Colpodium is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Asia but with a few species on certain mountains in Africa.
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.
Polypogon is a nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family, commonly known beard grass or rabbitsfoot grass.
Eleusine is a genus of Asian, African, and South American plants in the grass family, sometimes called by the common name goosegrass. One species (Eleusine indica), is a widespread weed in many places. Another species Eleusine coracana, is finger millet, cultivated as a cereal grain in India and parts of Africa.
Perotis is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.
Snowdenia is a genus of plants in the grass family, they are native to Arabia and East Africa.
Oropetium is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.
Echinaria is a genus of Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family. The only known species is Echinaria capitata, native to the Mediterranean Region as well as the Southwest and Central Asia.
Urochloa is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to Eurasia, Africa, Australia, Mexico, and the Pacific Islands. Common names include signalgrass.
Rhanterium is a genus of dwarf-shrubs in the tribe Inuleae within the family Asteraceae growing in the deserts of the Middle East and northern Africa.
Cynosurus elegans is a species of grass in the genus Cynosurus. It is found in southern Europe, north Africa, Middle East and Turkmenistan.
Endostemon (keepsafe) is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1910. It is native primarily to eastern Africa, with some species in central and southern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar, and the Indian subcontinent.
- Endostemon albusA.J.Paton, Harley & M.M.Harley - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
- Endostemon camporum(Gürke) M.R.Ashby - Kenya, Tanzania
- Endostemon ctenoneurusHarley - Kenya, Somalia
- Endostemon glandulosusHarley & Sebsebe - Ethiopia
- Endostemon gracilis(Benth.) M.R.Ashby - Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Yemen
- Endostemon kelleri(Briq.) Ryding ex A.J.Paton & Harley - Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia
- Endostemon leucosphaerus(Briq.) A.J.Paton, Harley & M.M.Harley - Somalia, Ethiopia
- Endostemon membranaceus(Benth.) Ayob. ex A.J.Paton & Harley - Cameroon, Angola, Central African Republic
- Endostemon obbiadensis(Chiov.) M.R.Ashby - Somalia
- Endostemon obtusifolius(E.Mey.) N.E.Br. - from South Africa north to Angola and Tanzania
- Endostemon racemosusRyding, A.J.Paton & Thulin - Somalia
- Endostemon stenocaulis(Hedge) Ryding, A.J.Paton & Thulin - Somalia
- Endostemon tenuiflorus(Benth.) M.R.Ashby - eastern + southern Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula
- Endostemon tereticaulis(Poir.) M.R.Ashby - widespread across much of tropical Africa, also Yemen + Saudi Arabia
- Endostemon tomentosusHarley & Sebsebe - Somalia
- Endostemon tubulascens(Briq.) M.R.Ashby - Angola
- Endostemon usambarensisM.R.Ashby - Tanzania
- Endostemon villosus(Briq.) M.R.Ashby - central Africa
- Endostemon viscosus(Roth) M.R.Ashby - India, Assam, Sri Lanka
- Endostemon wakefieldii(Baker) M.R.Ashby - Kenya
Trichoneura is a genus of plants in the grass family. It has a scattered distribution in Africa, Arabia, and the Americas.
Heliotropium crispum is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to western Africa, Egypt, Sudan, south-western Asia, and Pakistan. It was first described by René Louiche Desfontaines.
Codonocarpus cotinifolius a tall shrub or tree in the Gyrostemonaceae family is a found in all mainland states of Australia, including Victoria, and is widespread in arid areas. It is suspected of being toxic to stock.
Salsola oppositifolia is a halophyte shrub native to the Mediterranean Basin.
