Harpochloa

caterpillar grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Harpochloa
Kunth
Type species
Harpochloa capensis
(syn of H. falx)
Kunth
Synonyms[1]

Harpechloa Kunth, alternate spelling

Harpochloa is a genus of African plants in the grass family, common name caterpillar grass .[1][2][3][4]

species[5][6][7]
  1. Harpochloa falx (L.f.) Kuntze - Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Gauteng, Swaziland, Free State, Mpumalanga
  2. Harpochloa pseudoharpechloa (Chiov.) Clayton - Zaïre, Zambia, Angola
formerly included[5]

see Microchloa

References

  1. 1 2 Tropicos, Harpochloa Kunth
  2. ↑ Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1829. Révision des Graminées 1: 92 in Latin
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ↑ Plantzafrica, Harpochloa falx (L.f.) Kuntze, caterpillar grass (Eng.), ruspergras (Afr.)
  5. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Harpochloa
  7. ↑ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).


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