Genus: Polypogon
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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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 18 species worldwide (tropics and
warm temperate regions) of which one is native to southern Africa and
two are naturalised.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Fish
(2006).
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