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Schoenefeldiella

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Schoenefeldiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Schoenefeldiella
P.M.Peterson (2021)
Species:
S. transiens
Binomial name
Schoenefeldiella transiens
(Pilg.) P.M.Peterson (2021)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chloris transiens Pilg. (1914)
  • Schoenefeldia transiens (Pilg.) Chiov. (1916)

Schoenefeldiella transiens is a species of flowering plant in the grass family, Poaceae. It is the sole species in genus Schoenefeldiella. It is a perennial native to eastern and southern Africa, ranging from Ethiopia and Sudan to Mpumalanga in northern South Africa.[1]

The species was first named Chloris transiens by Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger in 1914. In 2021 Paul M. Peterson placed it in the new monotypic genus Schoenefeldiella as Schoenefeldiella transiens.[1]

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