Genus: Brachypodium
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 16 species worldwide (native to
temperate Eurasia, tropical mountains, Mexico to Bolivia) of which three
are native to southern Africa and one naturalised.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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