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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Helictotrichon

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 100 species worldwide (temperate regions and tropics at high altitudes) of which 13 are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Helictotrichon barbatum

 

Helictotrichon capense

 

Helictotrichon dodii

 

Helictotrichon elongatum

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Helictotrichon galpinii

 

Helictotrichon hirtulum

 

Helictotrichon leoninum

 

Helictotrichon longifolium

 

Helictotrichon longum

 

Helictotrichon namaquense

 

Helictotrichon natalense

 

Helictotrichon quinquesetum

 

Helictotrichon turgidulum