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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Andropogon

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Poaceae

There are 100 species worldwide (pantropical) of which 20 are native to southern Africa. 

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Andropogon africanus

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Andropogon amethystinus

 

Andropogon appendiculatus

Andropogon brazzae

 

Andropogon canaliculatus

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Andropogon chinensis

 

Andropogon distachyos

 

Andropogon eucomus

Andropogon fastigiatus

 

Andropogon festuciformis

 

Andropogon gayanus

 

Andropogon huillensis

 

Andropogon lacunosus

 

Andropogon laxatus

 

Andropogon ligulatus

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Andropogon mannii

 

Andropogon perligulatus

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Andropogon ravus

 

Andropogon schirensis

 

Andropogon textilis

Recorded from Zimbabwe.