Elymandra

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]

Species[1][5]
  • 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

Elymandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Andropogoninae
Genus: Elymandra
Stapf
Type species
Elymandra androphila
(Stapf) Stapf
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleiadelphia Stapf

References


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