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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Anthoxanthum

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 about 20 species worldwide (north temperate regions, higher altitudes of tropical Africa and Asia) of which about four are native to southern Africa and one is naturalised. 

Species native to southern Africa

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

Anthoxanthum brevifolium

 

Anthoxanthum dregeanum

 

Anthoxanthum ecklonii

 

Anthoxanthum tongo

 

Species naturalised in southern Africa

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

Anthoxanthum odoratum