Elymandra
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Genus: | Elymandra Stapf
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Type species | |
Elymandra androphila (Stapf) Stapf
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Pleiadelphia Stapf |
Elymandra is a genus of African and South American plants in the grass family.[2][3] All the known species are native to Africa; one is found also in Brazil.[4]
- Elymandra androphila (Stapf) Stapf - from Senegal to Angola
- Elymandra archaelymandra (Jacq.-Fél.) Clayton - Guinea, Senegal, Benin, Sierra Leone
- Elymandra gossweileri (Stapf) Clayton - from Senegal to Angola
- Elymandra grallata (Stapf) Clayton from Gambia to KwaZulu-Natal
- Elymandra lithophila (Trin.) Clayton - Brazil (State of Minas Gerais), Zaïre to Zimbabwe
- Elymandra subulata Jacq.-Fél. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 407
- ^ Tropicos, Elymandra Stapf
- ^ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ^ The Plant List search for Elymandra