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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Eriochrysis

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 seven species worldwide (Africa, India and tropical America) 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.

Eriochrysis brachypogon

 

Eriochrysis pallida

 

Eriochrysis purpurata

Recorded from Zimbabwe.