Hyparrhenia
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Hyparrhenia is a genus of grasses
. Many species are known commonly as thatching grass. They are mostly native to tropical Africa; some can be found in warmer areas in temperate Eurasia. These are annual and perennial bunch grasses. The inflorescence
branches into twin spikes of paired spikelets.
Species include:
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
. Many species are known commonly as thatching grass. They are mostly native to tropical Africa; some can be found in warmer areas in temperate Eurasia. These are annual and perennial bunch grasses. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
branches into twin spikes of paired spikelets.
Species include:
- Hyparrhenia anamesa
- Hyparrhenia arrhenobasis
- Hyparrhenia barteri
- Hyparrhenia coleotricha
- Hyparrhenia confinis
- Hyparrhenia exarmata
- Hyparrhenia figariana
- Hyparrhenia formosa
- Hyparrhenia gazensis
- Hyparrhenia hirtaHyparrhenia hirtaHyparrhenia hirta is a species of grass known by the common names common thatching grass and Coolatai grass. It is native to much of Africa and Eurasia, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species. In eastern Australia it is a tenacious noxious weed. In South Africa, where it is...
- Hyparrhenia involucrata
- Hyparrhenia madaropoda
- Hyparrhenia multiplex
- Hyparrhenia nyassae
- Hyparrhenia praetermissa
- Hyparrhenia rudis
- Hyparrhenia rufa
- Hyparrhenia tamba
- Hyparrhenia umbrosa