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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Craspedorhachis

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 five species worldwide (African and American tropics) of which three are native to southern Africa. 

Species native to southern Africa

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

Craspedorhachis africana

 

Craspedorhachis digitata

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Craspedorhachis rhodesiana