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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Lophochloa

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 85 species worldwide (temperate regions) of which two have become naturalised in southern Africa. 

Species naturalised in southern Africa

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

Lophochloa cristata

 

Lophochloa pumila