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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Danthoniopsis

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 (Africa and Arabian Peninsula) of which nine are native to southern Africa. 

Species native to southern Africa

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

Danthoniopsis chimanimaniensis

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Danthoniopsis dinteri

 

Danthoniopsis lignosa

 

Danthoniopsis parva

 

Danthoniopsis petiolata

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Danthoniopsis pruinosa

Danthoniopsis ramosa

 

Danthoniopsis scopulorum

 

Danthoniopsis viridis

Recorded from Zimbabwe.