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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Loudetia

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 26 species worldwide (tropical Africa, Madagascar and South America) of which seven are native to southern Africa. 

Species native to southern Africa

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

Loudetia arundinacea

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Loudetia densispica

 

Loudetia filifolia

 

Loudetia flavida

 

Loudetia lanata

 

Loudetia pedicellata

 

Loudetia simplex