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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Eriochloa

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 30 species worldwide (tropical regions) of which six are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Eriochloa fatmensis

 

Eriochloa macclounii

 

Eriochloa meyeriana

 

Eriochloa parvispiculata

 

Eriochloa procera

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Eriochloa stapfiana